Salt
Book by Mark Kurlansky
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Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the... Google Books
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“Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.” - New York Times Book Review An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque ...
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The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A ...
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The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A ...
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Populated by colorful characters and filled with an unending series of fascinating details, Salt is a supremely entertaining, multi-layered masterpiece.
Duration: 46:40
Posted: Aug 11, 2023
Posted: Aug 11, 2023
The book is divided into three parts and begins thousands of years in the past. Kurlansky traces the earliest knowledge of salt in the histories of China and ...
In Salt A World History, Mark Kurlansky takes a substance that shaped the fortunes of cultures from ancient China to Britain to the Americas and runs with it...
Duration: 1:32
Posted: Feb 26, 2023
Posted: Feb 26, 2023
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That rare history book that takes on the world as it links the United States, Europe, Russia, China, the Middle East, Africa, South America, South Asia, East ...
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Called a "divine substance" by Homer, salt is an essential part of the human body, was one of the first international commodities and was often used as currency ...