Part 38 Article: Timeline My Blog Title: The untold the retold Click on PDF to download from Part 1 COLUMN P 907 AD to 960 AD 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms Duration: 53 years How medieval people made payment for the trade and certified the transaction: From [AI overview] & myself amendments: Currency: The Tang Dynasty is famous for the “Kaiyuan Tongbao” bronze coins, which became the standard for centuries, starting in 621 CE. Trade Mediums: While coins were primary, silver was used in large transactions. The Tang dynasty also saw the earliest use of "flying cash" (Feiqian), which were paper certificates similar to bank drafts, used to pay local merchants to avoid transporting heavy metal money. Influence: These bronze coins were widely used in international trade and found in large numbers at archaeological sites in Southeast Asia. During the medieval period (roughly 7th to 13th centuries CE), trade across the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia was facilitated by a mix of...
Part 37 Article: Timeline My Blog Title: The untold the retold Click on PDF to download from Part 1 COLUMN P 907 AD to 960 AD 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms Duration: 53 years All of these key summaries from Part 36 to Part 40 are from the [AI overview] & my self amendments for this column period and are forward thinking to the next period timelines, which is verifiable on the internet and evidential in existing museum recollection and our known rationales. Animals Used for Transporting Messages & Messengers in medieval periods: Horses: The primary animal for fast, land-based communication. Messenger services relied heavily on horses to carry human riders over vast distances, especially for royal, papal, and mercantile relating to merchants, trade, or commerce communication. Papal is pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome. Mules “an animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey”: Preferred for endurance and traversing difficult terrain (such as moun...