Salt in Chinese history including salt production and salt taxes played key roles in economic development, and relations between state and society in...

bearing salt to inland markets in the Sahel, sometimes trading salt for slaves: Timbuktu was a noted salt and slave market. Salt in Chinese history was both...

of China Economy of Taiwan Economy of Tibet Salt in Chinese history Taxation in premodern China Four occupations Comprador Adam Smith thought China had...

they excavated rock salt. The Chinese writer, poet, and politician Zhang Hua of the Jin dynasty wrote in his book Bowuzhi how people in Zigong, Sichuan,...

in China. Chinese governments have held a legal monopoly on salt production since 119 BCE and began iodizing salt in the 1960s, but market reforms in...

Zigong Salt History Museum (Chinese: 自贡市盐业历史博物馆) is a prominent museum located Zigong, Sichuan Province, Southwest China. The museum is situated in the historic...

a sodium salt of glutamic acid. MSG is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese in this glutamic acid form. MSG is used in cooking as...

Salt and Iron (Chinese: 鹽鐵論; pinyin: Yán Tiě Lùn) was a debate held at the imperial court in 81 BCE on state policy during the Han dynasty in China....

events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China. Dates prior...

called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general, and...