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Salt was important in ancient times, because importing and exporting before modern transportation was difficult to impossible. Salt was not found everywhere, so if you got your hands on some, you could enjoy or sell it. It was and still is used to preserve foods.
It still is a very important item. AS one of the five tastes you are bone with is for salt. You can not live without salt.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt was an important trade item in ancient times because salt was used to preserve food for long journeys. It was also used, in certain areas, to preserve bodies during burials. Salt was also an enhancer of foods. It's overall value was high and as an example of that ancient Roman soldiers often received salt as part of their wages for the duties they performed.
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∙ 9y agoBecause without salt the life of human beings and many animals is impossible.
For the history of salt see the link below.
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