This book chronicles the amazing and fascinating history of salt, from its discovery to how it became a fundamental component of our food. It presents a historical investigation full of astonishing facts about this substance and how it became a common, unifying ingredient in all types of food across the globe. Kurlansky recounts the history of salt from the time of Homer and Plato, telling us how it shaped civilization from the dawn of creation and how it became a cause for conflicts and wars. He also shows how salt taxes became an economic guarantee for the survival of many empires across Europe and Asia, and how Mahatma Gandhi's 'Salt March' in 1930 sparked the Indian revolution that marked the beginning of the fall of British rule in India.

• Publisher: Dar Al Saqi for Publishing & Distribution
• ISBN: 9781855164697
• Number of Pages: 504
• Year of publication: 2005