The Romans enslaved 160 million people. The Mughals 112 million. The Mali Empire 57 million. Your Sunday deep dive into the data they don’t teach in schools.

We have crunched the numbers across 5,000 years of human civilisation, and ranked the results. What we found will surprise you - and might just change how you think about the past.

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If of interest, the research for this video can be found here.

If you live in a Third World country, such as the UK, I urge you to own gold or silver. The bullion dealer I recommend is The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.

Moving onto other matters, ICYMI here is this week’s commentary

Meanwhile, have you read it yet? “Possibly the best-time book ever,” says Merryn Somerset Webb.

The Secret History of Gold - Money, Myth, Politics and Power is available at all good bookstores.

Finally, I appeared on the Shepheard Walwyn Podcast, interviewed by Jonathan Brown, this week. Here it is - talking gold.

Until next time,

Dominic

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