By Deirdre Mask.
An interesting book, although it's overall coherence is a bit stretched.
What is the history of Addressing? The concept of a street address is an idea that popped up in the 1600's. Largely because aristocracy was trying to improve their ability to create armies. It's very hard to decree "Every man between 16 and 30 shall be drafted into the army." if you don't know where these men could live, or how to find them.
Having real addresses are an important step along the way from turning a collection of people who live near each other, into a Kingdom that provides services (Protection?) and needs to be funded (Taxes & Drafts)
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