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In many places and times, such as ancient China and Egypt, currency was a lot like something we use
every day at our kitchen table - salt) In Tibet, tiny cakes of salt were pressed into coins, with pictures
pressed into them. And in Rome, early Roman soldiers were given salt called salarium, This is where
our English word salary comes from, which means the money people get from their jobs.
One of the widest uses of salt as currency was in Ethiopia. Salt was used there for currency until the
mid-twentieth century. The salt did not look like our take salt It was in the form of bars, called amoles.
The bars were about 20 or 24 centimetres long, and about 3 or 4 centimetres thickToday in Ethiopia,
modern currency is used: coins and bills.
(a) Questions (Answer on separate sheets)
i. Name the two places where salt was used as currency?
ii. How were salt coins made in Tibet?
111. Where does the word salary come from? What does it mean?
iv. What was the length and thickness of the salt bar used in Ethiopia?
Which modem currency is used in Ethiopia now?
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1. In ancient China and Egypt, salt was used and l as currency.
2. In Tibet, tiny cakes of salt were pressed into coins, with pictures pressed into them.
3. In early Roman soldiers were given salt called salarium, and that's from where our English word 'salary' comes from, which means the money people get from their jobs.
4. The salt bars were about 20 or 24 centimetres long, and about 3 or 4 centimetres thick.
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