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Solnitsata doesn't look like it was managed by an empire. Garum was.
by AdamN 9y ago
Solnitsata doesn't look like it was managed by an empire. Garum was.
- CobrastanJorji 9y agoBut Rome itself was also big into the salt trade. Heck, salt was an important ingredient in garum.
- ucaetano 9y agoSure, which disproves the claim even more.
- CobrastanJorji 9y agoI may be really confused here. How is it that Rome being involved in the salt trade disproves the claim that spices, like salt, were the first foods to be subjected to capitalist and imperialist processes of production and distribution?
- ucaetano 9y ago> spices, like salt That's the issue. Spices in the article refer to asian spices in the spice trade, unlike salt, chilli peppers, (which are not native to asia at all), Garum, etc.
- bllguo 9y agoNo? He literally compares salt to black pepper in the article.
- SmellyGeekBoy 9y agoSpices are plants. Salt is a mineral.
- Stefstefstef 9y agoSalt is not a spice, it's a salt. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice