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Salt In Ancient History
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Salt in the Ancient World
Ancient Salt Production
Salt in China
Salt had been discussed in written from since 2700 BCE
Thesis: With its shared value across the world, salt has been the cause of both union and jealousy between city states, as well as a key ingredient in the formation of cultural specialties across Eurasia and Africa.
Salt Production
Sea water was boiled in pots
Sea salt was produced by boiling sea water in clay pots.
Food Preservation
Brine was used to preserve food
Brine was put into pots with vegetables
for preservation.
Salt in
Rome
Salt In Rome
Salt was used to pay soldiers, which is where the word "salary" comes from.
Salt was used in war to supply soldiers with proper food and nutrients.
The most extensive salt works at the time were developed in Rome
Revolutionary
Salt
Revolutionary Salt
Salt was a cause of the revolutionary war.
Its importance was noted in many ways
during the war.
Such as the continental congress
incentivizing the import and production.
Congress
Congress met to incentivize salt
The released pamphlets for people to make their own salt while the army used all of the production salt.
Congress
John Sears
During the revolutionary war, a man named John Sears came up with a method to produce salt more efficiently. This method was the salt mill, which turned windmills into the labor of salt production.
Salt in Venice
Venice Salt
Venice saw the monetary value in salt and went on to regulate and monopolize its trade for personal gain.
They would tax all salt that went out and in of Venice, and would buy salt for cheap and sell it for more.
This led to extreme profits for Venice as a nation.
Structure
The structure of the paper consist of a version of "compare and contrast"
It follows many ancient civilizations, and what aspects that they influenced with salt.
Some countries are compared while others are just stated.
The sources are mainly primary, focusing an mostly qualitative information, with on scientific source offering quantitative information.