Show t Oldo-t un Baul uk in iu the oll World There was wa a kind of oC public record of of- lice attached tp to t. t the palace ami temple at al Nineveh Nine In which it was custom customary IY to 10 deposit Important legal and antI other otter document documents docu docu- ments ment such uch as contracts and agreements for or th the purchase and mud sal sale I j of ot property marriage mariage settlements wl wills etc Among these there lucre were eie discovered ered official state state- rents a alt ati to 0 the history and transactions and transactions of the eminent banking house of oC at Nin Nineveh eh A Assyrian Ass chronology proves that lint reler to a a. a date about 2300 ars before before be be- fore ore th Christian era cra when Abraham dwelt at Vr Ur VI of the as Is lI stated In n Genesis We Ye may therefore claim caim lot foi this firm the l' l I of or being the tho oldest oldest old old- est eat hank bank in tl the world world at least of ot which we have an any r record cord or are Ikel likely to have havo The he accounts are oJ voluminous anti and Co cover er th the thA transactions of live five generations of the tho house from father fathe to son SOil rh I firm grew rapidly in Importance Importance during this period during which they th attained great wealth for or the they lucy had succeeded In Iii securing curing from rom the king the lie P a appointment of or collectors of or taxes a position which In n tho the East Easl always alwa's It lead to lo fortune They afterward farmed tho the revenue for tor sc several ral of or th the Assyrian pro n provinces s with t gain to the firm very er great |