When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East”: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” audiobook runs 5.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins narrates 328 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
309 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” is an audiobook by Stewart Gordon: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released May 22, 2018, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Perkins
- Released
- May 22, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781541485679
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How long is the When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” audiobook?
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
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Who narrates When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East”?
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” is narrated by Derek Perkins.