17 events with tag "economy"
1150 BC
ID: 3642
International trade system collapses - tin routes disrupted, diplomatic marriages end, 'Great Powers Club' dissolved
ID: 3642
483 BC
ID: 5320
Laurion silver funds Athenian fleet - 100 talents annually from mines employing 20,000 slaves, decisive for Salamis victory
ID: 5320
300 BC
ID: 5372
Celtic coinage begins - imitating Greek and Macedonian coins, especially Philip II gold staters, shows economic sophistication
ID: 5372
200 BC
ID: 5374
Roman wine trade with Gauls expands - Italian wine cheaper than Greek, Romans export 100,000s of amphorae annually to Gaul
ID: 5374
150 BC
ID: 5395
Narbo founded as wine port - Roman colony established to control wine trade with interior Gaul, becomes major commercial hub
ID: 5395
90 BC
ID: 5380
Slave raids devastate Celtic society - tribes raid each other for slaves to trade for Roman wine, Posidonius describes social collapse
ID: 5380
301
ID: 4066
Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices - attempts to control inflation, fails spectacularly
ID: 4066
650
ID: 5836
Melle silver mines begin production - Carolingian Francia's main silver source, enables Charlemagne's later monetary reforms
ID: 5836
750
ID: 5837
Silver shortage across Europe - Roman mines exhausted, coins increasingly debased, barter economy expands
ID: 5837
794
ID: 2904
Monetary reform - Charlemagne establishes silver pound standard, 1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pennies, basis for £sd system
ID: 2904
968
ID: 5838
Rammelsberg silver discovered at Goslar - massive silver vein found in Harz Mountains, transforms Ottonian economy
ID: 5838
975
ID: 5840
German silver floods Europe - Rammelsberg output triggers economic revival, new coinages, expanded trade networks
ID: 5840
1050
ID: 5467
Cluny develops innovative agricultural practices and becomes major wine producer, with estates throughout Burgundy supporting the monastery
ID: 5467
1170
ID: 5848
First European 'price revolution' - massive silver influx from German mines causes widespread inflation, social upheaval
ID: 5848
1365
ID: 4801
Hawkwood captures two Malatesta brothers - ransom of 60,000 florins, mercenary warfare as business
ID: 4801
1612
ID: 5694
John Rolfe successfully cultivates tobacco in Virginia - becomes colony's economic salvation, drives slave trade expansion
ID: 5694
2020
ID: 3329
COVID-19 crisis - German pharmaceutical companies profit while US economy suffers
ID: 3329