How It Worked
People used what they had to trade for what they needed. A potter might get cloth from weavers, and a farmer could trade fish with a hunter. They didn't need coins or paper money, just goods that were useful to each other.
Examples
- A farmer gives extra grain to a blacksmith in exchange for a new plow.
- A weaver trades cloth with a potter for clay bowls.
- A fisherman gives some fish to a farmer for grain.
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See also
- How Do We Know What People Thought Long Ago?
- How Did the Pyramids Stay Standing for Thousands of Years?
- How Does the Ancient Roman Calendar Work?
- How Did Ancient Civilizations Count Without Numbers?
- What Makes a Society 'Technologically Advanced'?
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