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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1725065, member: 26302&quot;]I find this thought to be extremely biased. There is nothing magical about gold being the preferred vehicle of exchange. I simply find this statement as condescending to all other cultures around the world, equating their societies as &quot;less advanced&quot;. You do know that when the Spanish first visited Tenochtilan it was larger than any city in Europe, right? The ONLY reason they conquered them was the Europeans, due to their advantage of geography, was able to steal the idea of gunpowder from the Chinese.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why then do you equate Europeans as more &quot;advanced&quot;? In what way?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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