This is the story of the mines, the markets, the goldsmiths and the merchants who, over the last 6,000 years, made gold a symbol of wealth and power.

This is the most comprehensive book ever written on the history of gold by the author of The World of Gold, The Gold Companion and The Millenium in Gold.

Building on forty years’ experience investigating the modern gold market, Timothy Green has sought out its ancient origins in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Troy, Minoan Crete, Greece, China, Rome, Byzantium, Venice and Precolumbian South America.

About the author
Tim Green is a well known author in the gold market having written The World of Gold, The Gold Companion and The Millennium in Gold. Tim also worked as a consultant on the annual gold surveys of Consolidated Gold Fields and Gold Fields Mineral Services (now GFMS) for almost three decades, focusing on the Middle East, India and the Far East.

Specifications	> Author: Timothy Green > ISBN 978-0-9555411-1-7 > 480 pages > Hardback > Price £33 (+ postage) > Published 14th November 2007
Main features	Part One: The Ancient World 4000 – 1 BC Part Two: Empires AD 1 – 1200 Part Three: New Horizons 1200 – 1700 Part Four: Gold standard: whence it came, where it went: 1700– 2000 > 12 maps > Index > 32 pages of illustrations
Related publications:	> Annual Gold Survey > Gold Survey - Update 1 > Gold Survey - Update 2 > The Gold Market in China - A New Beginning? > Gold Mining Reports > Precious Metals Quarterly > Precious Metals Market Briefing
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