The Silver Bird: An Antifragile Asset in a Weaponized Financial World.

Written by: The MacroButler In antique history, the Judaean silver trade played a pivotal role in the ancient economy, especially during the late Second Temple period, when the region fell successively under Persian, Hellenistic, and later Roman rule. Silver served as the primary medium of exchange, with Tyrian shekels emerging as the preferred coinage for temple transactions, including the annual temple tax paid by Jewish pilgrims. Judaea’s access to silver relied on trade networks linking it to Mediterranean markets, facilitated largely by Phoenician merchants and Nabataean traders, who sustained commerce along vital trade routes. Furthermore, Rome’s dominance over the province […]