It takes the average reader 7 hours and 36 minutes to read Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf by Daniel Martin Varisco
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This book is the first in English to survey indigenous knowledge of seasonal, astronomical, and agricultural information in Arab Gulf almanacs. It provides an extensive analysis of the traditional information available, based on local almanacs, Arabic texts and poetry by Gulf individuals, ethnographic interviews, and online forums. A major feature of the book is tracing the history of terms and concepts in the local seasonal knowledge of the Gulf, including an important genre about weather stars, stemming back to the ninth century CE. Also covered are pearl diving, fishing, seafaring, and...
Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf by Daniel Martin Varisco is 446 pages long, and a total of 114,176 words.
This makes it 151% the length of the average book. It also has 140% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 23 minutes to read Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf aloud.
Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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