Why the Spanish Value Gold So Much?

Gold is ly a big focus for the spanish. The egyptians had lots of gold, but they astec obviously had huge amounts of it, and silver too. And so, was that partly why the spanish were kind of interested in them? Because they had loads of gold,. but didn't know the value of it. It's chemically a sort of not very reactive. It's easily used in you can easily shape it. It is hugely rare, very, very valuable. But we think of the spanish having this sort of river of gold coming from the americas, but actually the amount of silver massively outweighsh yai. Causes them huge inflation. Obably.