Dilman Dila on Nostr: "While Europe fragmented after the fall of Rome, the Islamic world was maintaining ...

"While Europe fragmented after the fall of Rome, the Islamic world was maintaining one of the most advanced communication networks in human history: the Barid... a centrally run-postal and complex system stretching from its posts in Western Spain to Central Asia in China by the 9th century, employing mounted couriers along major routes, carrying not only official decrees and messages, but also detailed reports on harvests, prices, political unrest, and military movements
https://technologyforhumans.substack.com/p/when-truth-went-behind-a-paywall