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"In
this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."
--Benjamin
Franklin, in a letter to M. L eroy, 1789.
TAXES
IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Here,
then, is a little information about the long and noble tradition of
taxation: in ancient Mesopotamia, in ancient Egypt, and in the ancient
Roman Empire.
 Mesopotamia
In
comparison with ancient Mesopotamia, perhaps we suffer less than our ancient
counterparts...
Ancient Egypt
Taxation
was a fact of life for all the pharaoh's subjects throughout ancient Egyptian
times...
 Ancient Rome
Whether
paying your taxes in Roman times was as unpleasant as it is universally
perceived to be today depends on who you were and when you lived...
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