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How “global” is your topic?  How many different people and places does it impact?

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How “global” is your topic?  How many different people and places does it impact?

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Gold is one of the most global topic, majority of countries had some amount of gold.  And these countries governments use these gold as a type of currency, and for its economy.

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How does this object of study fit within the concept of thresholds of increasing complexity?

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How does this object of study fit within the concept of thresholds of increasing complexity?

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Gold fits within the new chemical elements threshold(threshold 3). That is because when stars die they reach 10 million Celsius then does nuclear fusion and that form new elements with hydrogen and helium. Also another threshold is threshold 8, Expansion and innerconnection which gold helps increasing complexity by being a type of currency and a type of resource to trade which helped societies and civilizations interconnect. Another threshold which fits the concept of gold is Threshold , the Gold Rush. With the Gold Rush, California underwent a transformation. Also the Gold Rush helped the explosion of the mining machinery and hydraulic operations. So the Gold Rush helped technology advance due to the discovery of gold in California.

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What were the major changes in its form or use (or how did it evolve)?

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What were the major changes in its form or use (or how did it evolve)?

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It was used to buy certain things and it was very good for trading as well. Gold was eventually evolved and became more valuable because you were able to get more items/resources if you owned gold.

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In the past there have been many cultures and humans that have used gold and many have different uses. The Egyptians used gold for Statues while other cultures and civilizations used it for currency.

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How has it or its use changed over time?

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How has it or its use changed over time?

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It was used in certain ways over time such as gold coins, jewelry, used for buildings, teeth, electroplating experiment.

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The planet's accessible reserves of precious metals are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after Earth was formed. Click this video to know much about where it came from!

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How long have people been using the object or commodity?

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How long have people been using the object or commodity?

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Gold has been a commodity for thousands of years, and the earlists evidence shown of Gold being used in Egypt. In Egypt 5,000 BCE, Gold was found all over within their jewelry. Gold in jewelry is a common occurrences that happens all around the world from past to present.  This precious metal was not only used for jewelry, but it was also used for the  metal has been used for currency as well. In 700 B.C, a society called the Lydians who lived in the Asia Minor produced the first currency with gold. Their coins or “lumps” had 63% of gold used in their currency. As time when on these civilizations began to use Gold as their type of currency, in which the U.S dollar in the past was backed by gold.  People have been using the precious metal as far back as 5,000 BCE and being used by multiple civilizations. Also too this day, this metal is in our newly found inventions etc...