White Gold: Salt as Money and the Economics of Empire

Why salt was currency: commodity money, salt bars that bought gold, Roman soldiers paid in salt, and how a mineral financed ancient and medieval empires.

Playlist by @carthage_salt_roads

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. How Salt Shaped Society: From the Roman Empire to the French Revolution — OTR Food & History
2. When Did Salt Stop Being Expensive? — SideQuest - Animated History
3. Commodity money vs. Fiat money | Financial sector | AP Macroeconomics | Khan Academy — Khan Academy
4. Why Salt Is The Most Important Ingredient In History | Delishtory — PBS Food
5. Salt Currency — Goldmoney
6. How Commodity Money started — The History of Money
7. Salt Was Once Used As Currency, But How? — Random Weird Facts
8. The Untold Story of Salt: Rome's Original Money @Curiosity_Quest69 — Curiosity Quest
9. Commodity Money: Gold, Salt, and Cattle as Money — Pomegra
10. THE SALT COINS: The Economy of the Mali Empire — ENRICHING WORLD
11. The Fascinating History of Money: From Salt to Modern Currency — The Story Vault