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eigenthum). Breeds o f horses already distinguished for particular excellence(V , 261) “ sheep o f a rich man standing coundess in the fo ld ” (IV , 43 3)Coined money unknown, daher trade mostly barter, w ie in flgden lines:έν-9-εν άρ’ οίνίζοντο (οίνάζω im medium W ein kaufen) κάρη κομόωντεςΆ χα ιώ ί, άλλοι μέν χαλκω (aere), άλλοι δ’αΐ&ωνι (splen did ) σιδήρω άλλοι δέρινοΐς (pellibus), άλλοι δ’αύτησι βόεσσιν, άλλοι δ’άνδραπόδεσσι’ (τίθεντοδέ δαΐτα θάλειαν)81 (II. 1. V ν. 472_75)>hier E rz/III Aequivalentform \; u. wine = Er% od. Eisen od.Eisen 'w o w ine = Geld. ' Felle od. OchsenFelle = W einO chsenSklaven (II Equivalentform )G old in bars named as passing by weight and estimated by talents. (II. X II,274 v. M organ citirt; steht da nicht)*2M entioned: manufactured articles o f gold, silver, brass and iron, textile fabricso f linen and woolen in m any form s, houses, palaces etcInheritance: N ach Erreichg so grosser Quantität in Upper Status o f Barbarismv. houses u. lands, flocks u. herds u. exchangeable commodities and heldby individual ownership question o f inheritance pressed bis right d. factsentsprach. D . domestic animals a possession o f greater value than allefrüheren A rten property zusammen, served fo r food, exchangeable fo rcommodities, usable fo r redeeming captives, fo r paying fines, and in religioussacrifices; capable o f indefinite multiplication in numbers - their possessionrevealed to the human mind the first conception o f wealth. Folgte in courseo f time the systematical cultivation o f the earth, tending to identify the fam ilym it d. soil, and render it a property-making organisation; fand bald expressionin L a tin , Grecian, Hebrew tribes, in the patriarchal fam ily, involvingslaves u. servants. Labor o f father and children became m ore and moreincorporated with the land, the production o f domestic animals, and the creationo f merchandise, it tended to individualise the fam ily u. suggested thesuperior claims o f children to the inheritance o f the property they had assistedin creating. V o r d. Landkultur flocks u. herds fiel naturally under thejo in t ownership o f persons united in a group, on a basis o f kin, fo r subsistence.Agnatic inheritance was apt to assert itself in this condition. A b er sobldland had become the subject o f property, and allotments to individuals hadresulted in individual ownership, was sure to supervene upon agnatic inheritance:Third great rule o f inheritance, giving property to the children o f the deceasedowner.W hen field culture bewiesen hatte, dass d. gan^e Oberfläche der Erde could bemade the subject o f property owned by individuals in severalty u. Familienhauptbecame the natural center o f accumulation, the new property career o f mankindinaugurated - , fully done before the close o f the L ater Period o f Barbarism,135