Is It True That...? — Season 1, Episode 10: ...Bartering Was the First Form of Money?
Documentary • 22 min • 2 seasons, 40 episodes
Episode synopsis
A world without money? It is hard to imagine - but it did exist. But was bartering really the first form of exchange, with money gradually replacing it? And how did this happen?
About Is It True That...?
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1...Democracy Was Invented In Greece?
- E2...The Plague Was the Worst Epidemic Ever?
- E3...We Used to Work More?
- E4...We Always Believed in God?
- E5...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down?
- E6...Vibrators Were Invented for Female Pleasure?
- E7...We Used to Die Younger in the Past?
- E8...Hitler Invented the Autobahn?
- E9...The Steam Engine Started the Industrial Revolution?
- E11...Men Have Always Worn Trousers?
- E12...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same?
- E13...Julius Caesar Was Born by C-Section?