But they did. For thousands of years. People traded goods accross large regions in large groups long before money was invented.
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Interacting once a year to trade goods is not a broad, active economy. And even in those instances almost universally a monetary good would immediately arise specifically *because* they cannot have long term relationships without trust, or an independent (non-trust) medium.
Look up Human Economies. Also 'Debt - a 5000 year history' by David Graeber Your history, with respect, is simply incorrect.