I enjoyed Salt: A World History - very interesting. Haven't read the others yet. I am suspicious of anything/people that are supposed to be the sole cause of any history, but I found out a lot I'd known nothing about. Eve On 04-Feb-2015 6:53 PM, Ralph Hancock wrote: > Beatrice Hopkinson wrote: > > Lampreys were abundant where we lived in England which was at > Droitwich, in Worcestershire - an ancient salt town. > Its where I first got interested in salt! > > > Have you read Mark Kurlansky's _Salt: A World History_? He believes > that salt, cod and the Basques were more or less the motors of the > development of western civilisation, and has written a book on each of > these. He writes so passionately that you believe his claims, for a > while. And there is much curious information. > > RH > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH