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Trade beads

Trade beads are beads that were used as a medium of barter within and amongst human communities. They are considered to be one of the earliest forms of trade between members of the human race. It has also been surmised that bead trading was one of the reasons why humans developed language.

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Nodes66
Edges65
Triples13
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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related to External links · 6
Trade beads → Albert Museum, History, Periods, Retrieved, Styles, Victoria
related to North America · 6
Trade beads → Canada, Chief's Beads, Latin America, See, Trade, United States

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beads used trade glass also currency european traded made century south america shell bead one africa shells people quirípa value

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the kiffa beads of Mauritania are thought to have resulted from women creating powdered glass beads to mimic the appearance of millefiori beadsinstance ofBeads manufactured in Europe continued to accompany exploration of Africa using Indigenous routes into the interior as recently as the late nineteenth century.Beads0.80text
Trade beadsrelated to External linksHistory0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to External linksPeriods0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to External linksStyles0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to External linksVictoria0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to External linksAlbert Museum0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to External linksRetrieved0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to North AmericaSee0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to North AmericaChief's Beads0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to North AmericaTrade0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to North AmericaUnited States0.60section
Trade beadsrelated to North AmericaCanada0.60section

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