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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Because people don’t all live within easy reach of the sea, and we need a lot of salt, both for eating and preserving food. And not every area has a lot of wood to fuel the fires needed, nor a lot of sunny days to use solar evaporation.

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