Marco....polo

When the Roman empire fell it left the Mediterranean sea completely up for grabs. This sea was the most economical important region of the western world. There was no clear leader but many trying to get power. This area from the most competitive during this time since the Phoenicians.
The whole coast of the Mediterranean sea was covered with saltwarks, small operations, and big enterprises.

Then came along Venice which was an Italian city. The Venetians built salt ponds along the new land. They used rollers but it is not quite clear what these rollers actually were. They were either using rollers to smooth down the floors of the ponds or in pottery, both were popular. Instead of trapping the water in aopne pond and waiting for it to dry up, they used a series of ponds. The first one was large open tank and had a system of pumps that moved the water to the pond and so on. The water then evaportated further and the brine became denser. It was a continuous flow. This was a very complicated process I think but it seemed to work for them. Historians think that the Chinese may have been the first to make this but are unsure.

The Venetians were smart people I tell you. They relized that there would be more money brought in by buying and selling salt then actually producing it. So this idea was basically merchanting.

One last thing, Marco Polo. After reading about him my perspective about the game that is played in the pool is stupid. The two do not relate at all, what is up with that. I mean just thinking about the game and Marco Polo how do you relate the two, somebody tell me.