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Memes! A way of describing cultural information being shared. An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.
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Yes, not centuries. When large societies were formed with trade amongst strangers becoming more common, money and/or ledgers were created to keep track of specific amounts of debts and credits. There was also never a point in time in which bartering was the primary system of economics.