Guess you’re not a believer. I do ure you to read history farther back that European though. Good luck!
I believe in facts and history. I HAVE read history further back than Europe, that’s why I know much of the world found gold to be ornamental and not terribly valuable until colonization hit them. Suddenly having a bunch of people show up that really wanted their gold MADE gold valuable in that region. Prior to then it was often just a shiny metal, too soft to be useful.