It wasn't common to have a non-toxic household Refrigerator until after WWII, and cities fought and went to war over salt (to preserve meat) for hundreds of centuries before that (HistoryAnecdotes)
submitted 8.3 years ago by Bill_Murrays_Sandals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Elizario_Salt_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_War_(1540)
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/the-magic-of-salt/497003/
Could you imagine having a war over salt?
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Mariner00 8.3 years ago
Ancient Phoenicians from around the Mediterranean prior to Rome's domination, traded in all sorts of goods with salt being a precious commodity. They held the monopoly on it until Rome destroyed them.
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Mariner00 ago
Ancient Phoenicians from around the Mediterranean prior to Rome's domination, traded in all sorts of goods with salt being a precious commodity. They held the monopoly on it until Rome destroyed them.