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, peo...
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Paperback: 230 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Reissue edition (June 24, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780521147613
ISBN-13: 978-0521147613
ASIN: 0521147611
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 4831244
Format: PDF Text djvu ebook
reviews: I approached this book, a monograph for specialists in pre-modern Middle Eastern history, knowing absolutely nothing about almost any of the numerous topics on which it touches. Yet I was never tempted to rush through even the densest pasages, for th...
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