why was salt such a pre ious commodity in ancient times when you could just boil it out of seawater?

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why was salt such a pre ious commodity in ancient times when you could just boil it out of seawater?

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The biggest factor which hasn’t been mentioned is because salt was heavily taxed and restricted. Governments recognized that salt was necessary for life, so controlling salt would give them a lot of power.

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