This document discusses the history of banking from an Asian perspective, beginning with King Solomon of Jerusalem around 930 BC. It claims that after his death, one of Solomon's wives took his vast wealth in gold to Java, establishing the royal courts of Solo. Over centuries, huge amounts of gold flowed to Java from China and Europe in exchange for spices. In 1000 AD, knights discovered something in Jerusalem's ruined temple that gave them power in Europe. They founded the Templar order with access to the Pope, and quickly became Europe's protector of wealth and pilgrims, establishing the first banking system.