Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

by Adam J. Silverstein

Book Overview

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, people and horses to exotic fruits and ice. As the correspondence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521147611
• ISBN13: 9780521147613
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"