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Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Postal Systems in the PreModern Islamic World - Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Author: Adam J. Silverstein
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 cir...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521858687
ISBN-10: 0521858682
Publication Date: 7/30/2007
Pages: 230
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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