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<p>Debt collection has existed as long as there has been debt and is older than <a href="page.php?w=money">money</a> itself, as it existed in earlier <a href="page.php?w=barter">barter</a> systems. Debt collection goes back to the <a href="page.php?w=ancient_civilization">ancient civilization</a>s, starting in <a href="page.php?w=Sumer">Sumer</a> in 3000&nbsp;BC. In these civilizations, if a debt could not be paid back, the debtor and the debtor's spouse, children, or servants were forced into <a href="page.php?w=Debt_bondage">debt slavery</a> until</p><p>
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