welll on to chapter 5. no clever introduction here.
with the fall of rome, the mediteranean was free to anyone for the trade and transportation of salt. hurrah salt. except this caused much competition on the seas.
venice finally conquered all in the amazing "salt" race. they formed salt ponds which had a clever way of pumping water to get the salt, i'm really not sure i was rather confused with this, clarification? i would love to have a vacation home along the salt ponds though, that would be quite the get away.
the people of venice were smart enough to realize how they would profit from salt. i wish i could profit from salt today. maybe next summer i will have a salt stand, although i don't think it would go quite as well as the lemonade stands used to. especially because salt does not quench the thirst, if horses had money it could be quite profitable though.
anyway, why do we play MARCO... polo, if he really has nothing to do with anything about the game. he did nothing to do with hiding in a pool and swimming away from the person who is "it." i think i shall change the name of the game to, THIS MAKES.. no sense.
salt i am finding you more and more interesting by the day!
okay that was a bit sarcastic, but it is interesting how linked salt is to history.
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I like your lead-in to Venice.
Not bad for a "non" intro. I will be in Venice this summer, so I'm sure I will learn more about the salt trade for next year's students.
As Marco Polo was an explorer, and we went off into the unknown to explore, I suppose that is why the swimming pool game is sort of hide & seek type thing? That's the best I could come up with, I'm guessing here?
Watch that your sarcasim and comments don't run off topic too much. You did that a bit too much in this post.
Mr. Farrell
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