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• n  100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
• n  the marketplace in ancient Greece
• n  a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece

• The agora of ancient Athens was the nearest thing to the birthplace of Western civilization.
• Like its predecessor, Agora II centers on people struggling to connect with one another.
• Herodotus was one of the first classical writers to leave the comfort of the agora, Kapuscinski says, and thus should be viewed "as a visionary on a world scale, an imagination .

• public square

News & Articles

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• Forget OPEC: North American energy plays bring profits home
  Looking for profits in the oil and natural gas space? Look no further than shale plays, energy service companies and offshore oil drilling opportunities in the U.S., says Byron King of Agora Financial LLC.
  June 11, 2013 - Resource Investor

Quotes

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• Miquel Barcelo in Art Daily
  The cave is a metaphor for the agora, the first meeting place of humans, the big African tree under which to sit to talk, and the only possible future: dialogue, human rights,Barcelo said to Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
• David Roth in Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  Our arena installation would be a self-funded food agora, with Plantagon produce and local farmers market stalls in each of the perimeter bays,Mr. Roth writes.