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Before the First Coins of Gold: The Kingdom of Lydia | History for Sleep

Journey back to a world before money had a face. In this calm, sleep-friendly episode of The Archive of History, you’ll drift into the Kingdom of Lydia in the seventh century BCE, when wealth flowed from sacred rivers as raw gold and trade was conducted in weighed metal and trust, not coins. You’ll wake with a Lydian farmer at dawn, walk through villages nestled in quiet valleys, follow the glittering Pactolus River where electrum washes down from the mountains, and climb the roads to Sardis before the first stamped lion ever appeared on a coin. Along the way, you’ll see how kings, merchants, craftsmen, and ordinary families lived in a world on the verge of economic revolution, without any sense of what was coming. This episode is designed to help you unwind, slow your thoughts, and gently fall asleep while exploring the threshold between barter and money, ritual and efficiency, river gold and the first coins of history. If you enjoy these journeys into the ancient world, you can support the channel by liking the video, subscribing, and telling me in the comments where you’re listening from and what time it is for you tonight.