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What did ancient writers mean by "salt the Earth or land" when talking about sacks of cities or conquest of realms? Was it literal salt or a metaphor? How did they make the land infertile?

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Similar to how the U.S government enacted numerous laws & regulations in result of 9/11 to prevent acts like this from ever happening, could one say the same after the Civil War? Was there any major laws passed to prevent States from ever seceding again?

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What did ancient writers mean by "salt the Earth or land" when talking about sacks of cities or conquest of realms? Was it literal salt or a metaphor? How did they make the land infertile?	11
Similar to how the U.S government enacted numerous laws & regulations in result of 9/11 to prevent acts like this from ever happening, could one say the same after the Civil War? Was there any major laws passed to prevent States from ever seceding again?	2