Salt

Author: [US] Colin F. Camerer / Xia Yeliang et al
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Taste the culture precipitated in food, touch the hidden details of history! The ancient Greek blind bard Homer called salt the "gift of the gods," and Plato described it as something particularly precious to the gods. Today, we take it for granted. However, in this work spanning ancient and modern times across the world, salt reveals its long and unique history of civilization: · How salt was used as currency and how it facilitated the earliest trade routes. · How salt funded many of the greatest public works in human history, including the Erie Canal and the Great Wall of China. · How salt, while consolidating Eurasian empires, also helped Mahatma Gandhi express his disdain for British salt policies. · How salt shaped civilizations and eating habits around the world. You will see the tiny salt weaving through China, Egypt, Europe, the Americas, constantly swirling in time and space, presenting a kaleidoscopic world filled with unforgettable legends.