HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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The currency in ancient Greece was ____
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Euro
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Rand
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Dirhams
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Drachmas
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -drachma, silver coin of ancient Greece, dating from about the mid-6th century bc, and the former monetary unit of modern Greece. The drachma was one of the world’s earliest coins. Its name derives from the Greek verb meaning “to grasp, ‘’ and its original value was equivalent to that of a handful of arrows.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adoption of the euro The euro banknotes and coins were introduced in Greece on 1 January 2002, after a transitional period of one year when the euro was the official currency but only existed as ‘book money’.
Detailed explanation-3: -The weight of the silver drachma was approximately 4.3 grams or 0.15 ounces, although weights varied significantly from one city-state to another.
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