Christin R. (raksha38) reviewed on 9/17/2014 + 203 more book reviews

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A book about the history of salt sounds like it should really be marketed as a cure for insomnia, but it was actually really interesting! Living in a modern, industrialized country with many options for shipping or preserving foods, it's easy to take salt for granted and overlook it. But for most of human history, salt was a big freaking deal. Such a big deal, entire wars were fought over it and the fates of nations were determined by it (for example, the Great Wall of China and the military to keep back the Mongolians were both paid for by taxes on salt and iron). It was really cool to learn about the many different ways people have invented to harvest salt and the thousands upon thousands of uses they've found for it. I really enjoyed this book.

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