LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANTS

Their “bibles” are the Codex Hamurabbi and Justinian’s Corpus Iuris. Common opinion has it that accountants are of a much younger breed, their bible being Luca Paciolo’s Venetian book from 1494. However, these stories do not reflect reality. In reality, accountants came first: They took care of the temple economy and they invented numerals from which our alphabet was an afterthought ... ................
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