It takes the average reader 6 hours and 32 minutes to read Empire of Silver by Jin Xu
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A thousand-year history of how China’s obsession with silver influenced the country’s financial well-being, global standing, and political stability This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with “white metal” held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song dynasty in around 900 CE, silver gradually became central to China’s economic framework and was officially monetized in the middle of the Ming dynasty during the sixteenth century. However, due to the early adoption of paper money in China, silver was not...
Empire of Silver by Jin Xu is 385 pages long, and a total of 98,175 words.
This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 120% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 56 minutes to read Empire of Silver aloud.
Empire of Silver is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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