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"Adam Silverstein's book offers an 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 befo...
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Adam Silverstein's book offers an 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 transported often included confidential reports from a ruler's provinces, such postal systems doubled as espionage-networks through which news reached the central authorities quickly enough to allow a timely reaction to events. The book sheds light not only on the role of communications technology in Islamic history, but also on how nomadic culture contributed to empire-building in the Near East. This is a contribution to the history of pre-modern communications systems in the Near Eastern world." |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511289693 9780511289699 9780511290299 0511290292 9780511497520 0511497520 9780521147613 0521147611 |
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| spelling | Silverstein, Adam J. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2007016610 Postal systems in the pre-modern Islamic world / Adam J. Silverstein. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2007. 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge studies in Islamic civilisation Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-208) and index. "Adam Silverstein's book offers an 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 transported often included confidential reports from a ruler's provinces, such postal systems doubled as espionage-networks through which news reached the central authorities quickly enough to allow a timely reaction to events. The book sheds light not only on the role of communications technology in Islamic history, but also on how nomadic culture contributed to empire-building in the Near East. This is a contribution to the history of pre-modern communications systems in the Near Eastern world." Print version record. Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The pre-Islamic background; Chapter 1 Pre-Islamic postal systems; Part II Conquest and centralisation -- the Arabs; Chapter 2 al-Barid: the early Islamic postal system; Chapter 3 Diwan al-Barid: the Middle Abbasid period; Part III Conquest and centralisation -- the Mongols; Chapter 4 The Mongol Yam and its legacy; Chapter 5 The Mamluk Barid; Conclusions; Appendix: distances and speeds of the Barid; Bibliography; Index Postal service Middle East History To 1500. Communication Middle East History To 1500. Islamic civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026458 Middle East Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090502 Moyen-Orient Civilisation. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Commerce. bisacsh Civilization fast Communication fast Islamic civilization fast Postal service fast Middle East fast Post gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4046886-0 Naher Osten gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4068878-1 To 1500 fast History fast has work: Postal systems in the pre-modern Islamic world (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGv6rT6wRJrWxvXvFtGwT3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Silverstein, Adam J. Postal systems in the pre-modern Islamic world. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521858687 (DLC) 2007281390 (OCoLC)122283291 Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42006097 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=206567 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Silverstein, Adam J. Postal systems in the pre-modern Islamic world / Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The pre-Islamic background; Chapter 1 Pre-Islamic postal systems; Part II Conquest and centralisation -- the Arabs; Chapter 2 al-Barid: the early Islamic postal system; Chapter 3 Diwan al-Barid: the Middle Abbasid period; Part III Conquest and centralisation -- the Mongols; Chapter 4 The Mongol Yam and its legacy; Chapter 5 The Mamluk Barid; Conclusions; Appendix: distances and speeds of the Barid; Bibliography; Index Postal service Middle East History To 1500. Communication Middle East History To 1500. Islamic civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026458 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Commerce. bisacsh Civilization fast Communication fast Islamic civilization fast Postal service fast Post gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4046886-0 |
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| title_full | Postal systems in the pre-modern Islamic world / Adam J. Silverstein. |
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| title_short | Postal systems in the pre-modern Islamic world / |
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| topic | Postal service Middle East History To 1500. Communication Middle East History To 1500. Islamic civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026458 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Commerce. bisacsh Civilization fast Communication fast Islamic civilization fast Postal service fast Post gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4046886-0 |
| topic_facet | Postal service Middle East History To 1500. Communication Middle East History To 1500. Islamic civilization. Middle East Civilization. Moyen-Orient Civilisation. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Commerce. Civilization Communication Islamic civilization Postal service Middle East Post Naher Osten History |
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