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salting the earth

ritual of spreading salt on conquered cities to symbolize a curse on their re-inhabitation
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salting the earth

Summary

salting the earth is a ritual[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of ritual entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • salting the earth's instance of is recorded as ritual[3].
  • salting the earth's Commons category is recorded as Salting the earth[4].
  • salting the earth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fk0f[5].

Why It Matters

salting the earth ranks in the top 10% of ritual entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). salting the earth. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/salting-the-earth
MLA “salting the earth.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/salting-the-earth.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_salting-the-earth_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{salting the earth}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/salting-the-earth}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): salting the earth — https://4ort.xyz/entity/salting-the-earth (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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