The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan (2016, Paperback)

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Publisher Bloomsbury Paperbacks; 1st edition (1 Jun. 2016). We do not accept P.O. Boxes. This is to ensure that you receive each item as soon as possible. Paperback 656 pages. Reading age 10 - 13 years.

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For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region stretching from eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China and India, is taking centre stage in international politics, commerce and culture - and is shaping the modern world. This region, the true centre of the earth, is obscure to many in the English-speaking world. Yet this is where civilization itself began, where the world's great religions were born and took root. The Silk Roads were no exotic series of connections, but networks that linked continents and oceans together. Along them flowed ideas, goods, disease and death. This was where empires were won - and where they were lost. As a new era emerges, the patterns of exchange are mirroring those that have criss-crossed Asia for millennia. The Silk Roads are rising again. A major reassessment of world history, The Silk Roads is an important account of the forces that have shaped the global economy and the political renaissance in the re-emerging east.

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781408839997
eBay Product ID (ePID)222020380

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Book TitleThe Silk Roads: a New History of the World
Number of Pages656 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter Frankopan
FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm
Item Weight476 g
Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPeter Frankopan

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  • Gripping from the start!

    If you want a concise, enlightened, and researched book on the Silk Road and what it means for the current moment then, without doubt, this is the book for you. Frankopan has such an engaging style, detailed and witty in places. Without doubt this book has opened my eyes to the Silk Road, it’s history, it’s cultural,intellectual and social impact on the world then and today.

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  • The Silk Road….A book to hang on to, and keep dipping into.

    It’s one of those books that tells you everything you need to know without being boring. It has generous illustrations and follows along quite smoothly without constantly having to refer back to previous sections.

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  • Great book

    A great book which can make people look at the world a little differently. I will be using it in my teaching.

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  • Concise History of the World

    Well written and easy to read. Shows how past actions still have an effect on the world today.

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  • The Silk Roads - Fascinating read

    Absolutely amazing book - just could not put it down. Completely reshaped my view on the history of the West's development. Just so fascinating.

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  • A fascinating trip along the timelines of the silk roads

    A very readable and compelling history of the world. It’s a long book with lots of facts and interesting perspectives... I won’t be finishing it for a while... but I’m enjoying the journey

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  • A New World History

    This book tells us so much about the world we may not have known.

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  • Great book to read

    The deep inter-state links that existed come up nicely.

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  • Perfect

    You will love it if you know the topic

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  • Good book.

    Great price. Looks new.

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