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You know this is how the Phoenecians became the dominant culture, its also where the term "salary" comes from and "worth his weight in salt" -- as salt was the

You know this is how the Phoenecians became the dominant culture, its also where the term "salary" comes from and "worth his weight in salt" -- as salt was the only known preservative of the massive amounts of Tuna the phoenecians were catching and shipping throughout the mediterrainian - and made them a super-power - they had control of the preservance of food over shipping distances... Salt was used as money. EDIT: Only a fn idiot without knowledge of history would downvote a comment... Jimminy Carter, what type of stupid are you trying to promote?

eichin 3y ago
Probably (not me, I don't have downvote bits) because it turns out there's a lot of "game of telephone"/"folk etymology" about this legend which apparently started in the 1800s in english; it's not actually historical as you've expressed it.
soperj 3y ago
> worth his weight in salt Never heard this saying before. I've heard "worth his weight in gold".
- dev_slash_null 3y ago
  "worth his salt" is common, at least.