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Salt Production and Food Preservation Technologies in Antiquity (c. 2000 BCE–500 CE)

Salt Production and Food Preservation Technologies in Antiquity (c. 2000 BCE–500 CE)

  1. New Kingdom Egypt depicts fish salting practices

    Labels: New Kingdom, Fish-salting craft
  2. Shang-era China scales up salt production

    Labels: Shang China, State salt
  3. Iron Age “briquetage” supports mass salt-making in Europe

    Labels: Briquetage, Seille valley
  4. Qi state ideas link salt control to public finance

    Labels: Qi state, Guanzi
  5. Han Empire nationalizes salt and iron industries

    Labels: Han Empire, State monopoly
  6. Roman “cetariae” expand salted fish and sauce output

    Labels: Cetariae, Baelo Claudia
  7. Magdala/Tarichaea becomes associated with fish salting

    Labels: Tarichaea, Magdala
  8. Pliny records Roman knowledge of salt and salted goods

    Labels: Pliny the, Natural History
  9. Diocletian’s Price Edict lists salt and fish products

    Labels: Diocletian, Price Edict