Well i just can't say enough about how I disliked chapter 5. It was extremely boring to me. I felt like taking some salt and putting it into my eyes. I thought this chapter didn't relate to salt as much as the other chapters. I'm not interested in merchants or spending , so it took me longer than usual to read. If I had to pick the best of the worst I would say learning about Venice was the most bearable part of this chapter.
Venice was named the city of merchants , which tied in with China. The communication between Kublai Khan and the pope show how salt can connect cultures. I mean Venice was a reliable supplier of salt, and china was the first to use salt. Well who would have put two and two together. In between my yawns there was a new way to harvest salt. Yay....I was surprised that the Chinese didn't take credit for it because many thought it was their technique.
The Chinese thought their salt was better, which was finner. My reasoning is that the finner the grains of salt are grounded , the larger quantity of salt is made. China has such a large population that the production of it made a large profit. The larger coarse grains of salt would take a lot more in whole to make the equivalent to the amount of the finner salt. Fine or coarse salt is useful to anyone. Over all salt helped several nations rise ( like the Chinese monopoly and the Venice merchants). Though this chapter was boring , the book itself is way more interesting.
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I also thought that chapter 5 was not the greatest. I did not think it was as bad as burning my eyes, but I guess some people are just a little more dramatic than others. I think the Chinese had credit for so many things with salt that they let a few things go. The Chinese were definitely smart people when it came to their production of salt.
Yeah. There was no weird facts that I would share with people in here. Except that Marco Polo was a lie. I guess that is interesting. It's like finding out that Santa Claus doesn't exist. I might cry the next time I'm in a swimming pool and someone cries "MARCO!"
I'm sorry that you wanted to put salt in your eyes! But I agree with you on why China would want finer salt, because they would have more salt compared to little coarse salt chunks.
Again with the "boring" comments??? You really need to be able to read something without complaining about it. If you are heading off to college, be prepared for this to happen quite a bit. It's not about entertainment, its about learning.
When you make a post that takes up 1/3rd of it complaining about the content, it takes away from the subject matter and hurts your score. You are NOT writing a book review. This is not what I asked for.
Yes, Venice was indeed a big part of the Salt trade. They were an econonmic powerhouse in the ancient world.
YOU WROTE: "In between my yawns there was a new way to harvest salt. Yay...." Again, these types of negative jabs take you off focus of the subject matter.
Mr. Farrell
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