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To: Covenantor
Lending at interest is much older than that in the Med basin, having been practiced by Roman Empire era lenders. One reason Roman emperors gave up on adding territories to the Empire was that their financial underwriter(s) had a say on how much could be spent, and that would be influenced by the best-case after success.

24 posted on 09/01/2020 5:04:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
While we're on about the Templars, sort of, the BBC just added the video yesterday.

The Templars 'Mystical' Place of Power

29 posted on 09/02/2020 4:45:10 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannperhaps thot govern. " Chesterton)
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