Why salt was so important throughout history (2018)
Most people misunderstand the accounting part of why salt was important, everyone knows what salt looks like and how much it&#x27;s worth. It&#x27;s a value comparator = it&#x27;s used to compare other products (for example if a sheep is worth say 750 grams and a cow is worth 850g then you can exchange sheep and cows with some salt to cover the difference) this is the most valuable characteristic of money, something universal to build trade from. Seashells also work well in some places, not as a store of value but as trade enablers. I&#x27;m guessing no exchange was ever made in the history of man without this kind of value comparative, long before the term money was even discovered.