within the Achaemenid Empire (539-333 BC) give ranges from a minimum of two shekels per month for unskilled labour, to as high as seven to ten shekels per month in some records. A subsistence wage for an urban household during the Persian period would have required at least 22 shekels of income per year.

Philistia

The first area in Palestine to transition from a bullion to coin monetary exchange system was Philistia

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