It was much lighter and easier to carry unlike the coins they normally used.
Cultural decay is when a culture no longer holds any value to the youth of the next generation and things are put aside for more interesting trends
Cultural decline is when a culture doesn't develop and leaves the next generation without anything to expand upon or grow from
- It created a demand for new raw materials which were often scarce in industrialized countries, thus leading many European nations to build colonies and expand their empires in other continents.
- Mass producing of products, enabling its populace greater mobility in commerce, trade, war, education, etc.
- It assured Western economic and military ascendancy
