Which ancient civilization is credited with inventing the first standardized retail weights system that revolutionized marketplace trust and became widely adopted across the Mediterranean trade network?

Before modern retail, ancient civilizations had sophisticated commercial systems that shaped history. The Phoenicians, Egyptians, Romans, and others developed innovative marketing and retail strategies that would be familiar to modern business owners. This poll tests your knowledge about one of history's most famous ancient retail innovations and how it influenced commerce across the Mediterranean world.

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Phoenicians, who created the 'shekel' standard weight around 1500 BCE that merchants used to verify fair transactions in their trading outposts
Egyptians, who established the 'deben' system in 3000 BCE for measuring gold and other valuable commodities in their marketplaces
Babylonians, who developed the 'mina' weights during Hammurabi's reign specifically for retail trade in their vast bazaars
Greeks, whose 'drachma' weight standard was created by Solon's reforms to eliminate marketplace fraud in Athenian agoras