It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilisation by Adam J. Silverstein
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Adam Silverstein's book offers a fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the Near East from pre-Islamic times through the Mamluk period. Postal systems were set up by rulers in order to maintain control over vast tracts of land. These systems, invented centuries before steam-engines or cars, enabled the swift circulation of different commodities - from letters, people and horses to exotic fruits and ice. As the correspondence transported often included confidential reports from a ruler's provinces, such postal systems doubled as espionage-networks through...
Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilisation by Adam J. Silverstein is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilisation aloud.
Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilisation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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