2. The Chinese salt history began under the rule of Huangdi. Huangdi, also called the Yellow Emperor, credited with making the earth civil. He taught people many skills, and introduced systems of government and law to humankind. He invented several objects: the compass, the wheel, armor, ships, writing, weapons and coin money.
3. Emperor Yao tamed nature by introducing the concept of flood control.
4. The Chinese discovered gunpowder, which was one of …show more content…
The gabelle is the French salt tax and this tax was one of the causes for the French Revolution. The French Revolution was inspired by the American Revolution. The Revolution broke away from monarchy and became a republic. They like the US had a declaration of the rights of man.
20. Salt was need for food, medicinal, and animals during the Civil War. The South didn't produce enough salt so when the Union supply wagons approached they cheered because they new there would be salted meat - they hadn't eaten for two days.
21. Clarence Birdseye is responsible for finding away to freeze food rapidity, using a brine. Food became frozen instead of salted which impacted the salt industry.
22. The salt satyagraha was the salt campaign it was an act of civil disobedience that would help gain India independence. Gandhi was the leader of the independence.
23. The heaviest salt consumers in the world, to Sir Richard Henry Dane, are the Japanese. The author thinks the American consumes more salt than the Japanese.
24. Author's three different reasons that salt consumption is declining in most of the world: food preserved in salt is no longer necessary, the taste, and health reasons.
25. The largest use of salt it to melt ice on roads. 51% of salt in America melts ice 8% is for