Salt: A World History

What if the most powerful force in history wasn’t an army or a king, but a single white crystal? The humble salt on your table was once more valuable than gold, capable of building empires and sparking bloody revolutions. From the Roman roads built for its trade to Gandhi’s legendary Salt March, this one mineral has shaped human destiny. Kurlansky’s epic history reveals how the only rock we eat became the secret ingredient not just in our food, but in civilization itself.