tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post8907991357154975485..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Byzantine Goldbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-58087768201420626822016-04-10T14:51:24.715-07:002016-04-10T14:51:24.715-07:00Armstrong just wrote an article referencing the By...Armstrong just wrote an article referencing the Byzantium coinage:<br />"Normandy was rising as Byzantium was falling. The real shock came during the Great Monetary Crisis of 1092. The debasement of the Byzantine gold coinage took on a real momentum as finances went into deficit starting around 1066. Former money changer/forger of coins Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1034–41) assumed the throne of Byzantium in 1034 after the Empress Zoe fell in love with him. It was this money changer who began the slow process of debasing both the gold coinage known as the tetarteron nomisma and the histamenon nomisma."<br />https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/ancient-economies/vikings/<br /><br />This story has vikings in it!alaska3636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-38723049090518940612016-04-09T10:16:58.740-07:002016-04-09T10:16:58.740-07:00Thanks, Capn.Thanks, Capn.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-62502377147290249992016-04-09T09:59:01.248-07:002016-04-09T09:59:01.248-07:00Always fun following Bionic's intellectual jou...Always fun following Bionic's intellectual journeys. I've also always been a timeline freak. It's such a great way to observe contemporaneous events. It's like a drone's eye view of civilization: military here, economic there, political there, all time synchronized. Lovely.Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.com