How Long to Read Lost Maps of the Caliphs

How Long Does it Take to Read Lost Maps of the Caliphs?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Lost Maps of the Caliphs by Yossef Rapoport

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

Description

About a millennium ago, in Cairo, an unknown author completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of thirty-five chapters, this book guided the reader on a journey from the outermost cosmos and planets to Earth and its lands, islands, features, and inhabitants. This treatise, known as The Book of Curiosities, was unknown to modern scholars until a remarkable manuscript copy surfaced in 2000. Lost Maps of the Caliphs provides the first general overview of The Book of Curiosities and the unique insight it offers into medieval Islamic thought. Opening with an account of the remarkable discovery of the manuscript and its purchase by the Bodleian Library, the authors use The Book of Curiosities to re-evaluate the development of astrology, geography, and cartography in the first four centuries of Islam. Their account assesses the transmission of Late Antique geography to the Islamic world, unearths the logic behind abstract maritime diagrams, and considers the palaces and walls that dominate medieval Islamic plans of towns and ports. Early astronomical maps and drawings demonstrate the medieval understanding of the structure of the cosmos and illustrate the pervasive assumption that almost any visible celestial event had an effect upon life on Earth. Lost Maps of the Caliphs also reconsiders the history of global communication networks at the turn of the previous millennium. It shows the Fatimid Empire, and its capital Cairo, as a global maritime power, with tentacles spanning from the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus Valley and the East African coast. As Lost Maps of the Caliphs makes clear, not only is The Book of Curiosities one of the greatest achievements of medieval mapmaking, it is also a remarkable contribution to the story of Islamic civilization that opens an unexpected window to the medieval Islamic view of the world.

How long is Lost Maps of the Caliphs?

Lost Maps of the Caliphs by Yossef Rapoport is 381 pages long, and a total of 95,631 words.

This makes it 129% the length of the average book. It also has 117% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lost Maps of the Caliphs Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 42 minutes to read Lost Maps of the Caliphs aloud.

What Reading Level is Lost Maps of the Caliphs?

Lost Maps of the Caliphs 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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