eBooks - History - World - Mark Kurlansky - Salt
Salt eBook
by Mark Kurlansky
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Salt Summary
| Salt is common, easy to obtain, and inexpensive, and almost no place on Earth is without it. But this was not clear until revealed by modern chemistry and geology. Thus, we have forgotten that from the beginning of civilization until about 100 years ago, salt was one of the most sought after commodities in human history. Even today, salt remains a major industry, either an important export or vital import of most countries in the world. Salt is the story of man’s struggle for this common element. Trade routes were established, alliances built, empires secured, and revolutions provoked--all for something that filled the ocean, bubbled up from springs, formed crusts in lake beds, and thickly veined a large part of the Earth’s rock fairly close to the surface. The ceaseless quest through millennia for this simple commodity, which has shaped both history and culture, is, ultimately, the story of man and his relation to the basic elements of the Earth. |
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