Trading
Before people used money to buy products, people traded items of value for things that they wanted to acquire. For example, if you wanted to get food, you would have to trade something for it, so many people got jobs and made things from raw materials to trade. Things people traded varied greatly, but some examples include, spices, clothing, paper, pearls, linen, and items like that.
This is a good way of business for the seller, but not so great for the consumer. If the consumer didnt have anything of value, they couldnt get anything, but this also promoted jobs so people could make items of value. Also, this was very unsafe because travelers could get robbed of all of their goods. This lead to the creation of guilds to protect travelers.
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