The
first
banks
were
____________________
the
religious
temples
of
the
ancient
world
,
and
were
probably
established
sometime
during
the
third
millennium
B
.
C
.
Banks
probably
____________________
the
____________________
of
money
.
Deposits
initially
consisted
of
____________________
and
later
other
goods
including
cattle
,
agricultural
implements
,
and
eventually
precious
____________________
such
as
gold
,
in
the
form
of
easy
-
to
-
____________________
compressed
plates
.
Temples
and
palaces
were
the
safest
places
to
store
gold
as
they
were
constantly
attended
and
well
____________________
.
As
sacred
places
,
temples
presented
an
extra
____________________
to
____________________
-
be
thieves
.
