It takes the average reader 2 hours and 24 minutes to read The Maya: a Very Short Introduction by Matthew Restall
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The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated writing system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control. There was never a single, unified Maya state or empire, but always numerous, evolving ethnic groups speaking dozens of distinct Mayan languages....
The Maya: a Very Short Introduction by Matthew Restall is 143 pages long, and a total of 36,179 words.
This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 17 minutes to read The Maya: a Very Short Introduction aloud.
The Maya: a Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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