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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgan1878, post: 786767, member: 17869&quot;]I think <span style="color: Blue">bhp3rd</span> has made a lot of sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not every culture holds gold in high esteem. The Fulani of West Africa used cowrie shells as currency. The Tuareg of the Sahara traded salt for gold on their caravan routes from Timbuktu to Agadez. In their world, salt was a key to survival.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bedouin of the Arabian peninsula and the ranchers of the Old West fought pitched battles over water rights. Many livestock cultures of the world in Andorra, Africa and Asia valued their sheep, cows, donkey and goats as their most valuable asset.</p><p><br /></p><p>In our modern world, we are still warring over the ownership of important oil fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for wood, the 14 year old Liberian Civil War that recently ended prominently involved timberlands that factions were fighting over. Timber comprises 30% of the Liberian National budget.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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