It takes the average reader 8 hours and 11 minutes to read The Great Maya Droughts by Richardson B. Gill
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This innovative study argues that the collapse of Classic Maya civilization was driven by catastrophic drought. Between A.D. 800 and 1000, unrelenting drought killed millions of Maya people with famine and thirst and initiated a cascade of internal collapses that destroyed their civilization. Linking global, regional, and local climate change, the author explores how atmospheric processes, volcanism, ocean currents, and other natural forces combined to create the dry climate that pried apart the highly complex civilization in the tropical Maya Lowlands in the ninth and tenth centuries....
The Great Maya Droughts by Richardson B. Gill is 484 pages long, and a total of 122,936 words.
This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 150% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 11 minutes to read The Great Maya Droughts aloud.
The Great Maya Droughts is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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