How Long to Read Figuring Out the Past

How Long Does it Take to Read Figuring Out the Past?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Figuring Out the Past by Peter Turchin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Discover the world records that define our history and jump headfirst into the past using scientific data that reveals accurate and insightful answers to life’s biggest questions. What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the plumbing like in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in the Mughal Empire? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ever ritual human sacrifice? ​ We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: cast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. In Figuring Out the Past, radical historians Peter Turchin and Dan Hoyer dive into the numbers that reveal the true shape of the past, drawing on their own Seshat project, a staggeringly ambitious attempt to log every data point that can be gathered for every society that has ever existed. This book does more than tell the story of humanity: it shows you the big picture, by the numbers.

How long is Figuring Out the Past?

Figuring Out the Past by Peter Turchin is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Figuring Out the Past Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Figuring Out the Past aloud.

What Reading Level is Figuring Out the Past?

Figuring Out the Past is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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