The Silk Roads

The No 1 Sunday Times and international bestseller a major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the re emerging eastMagnificent Sunday Times Immensely entertaining so ambitious, so detailed, so fascinating The TimesFor centuries, fame and fortune were 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 riches and adventure Sweeping right across Central Asia and deep into China and India, a region that once took centre stage is again rising to dominate global politics, commerce and culture.A major reassessment of world history, The Silk Roads is a dazzling exploration of the forces that have driven the rise and fall of empires, determined the flow of ideas and goods and are now heralding a new dawn in international affairs. New Read The Silk Roads [ by ] Peter Frankopan [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 4.5 epic, illuminating, depleting, disheartening stars I started this very long book back in September of 2017 and almost half way through took a lengthy break as there was a chapter missing in my ebook and I had to wait a few months to get a copy from the library I also needed a break from the many evils of world history Over my life I have tried to read a number of very thick books that cover the world from the beginning of historical time and have always failed The books were either 4.5 epic, illuminating, depleting, disheartening stars I started this very long book back in September of 2017 and almost half way through took a lengthy break as there was a chapter missing in my ebook and I had to wait a few months to get a copy from the library I also needed a break from the many evils of world history Over my life I have tried to read a number of very thick books that cover the world from the beginning of historical time and have always failed The books were either t...This is the most unbiased and objective narration of history focussing on the rich history of countries on the old Silk Route The aim was simple, somehow focus the spotlight of history back on this region instead of focussing on European and American historical version which seems to be widely prevalent Peter has weaved a tremendous story which at times almost seems apocryphal to someone like myself who is steeped with the popular historical narrative The fact that Peter is a well respected h This is the most unbiased and objective narration of history focussing on the rich history of countries on the old Silk Route The aim was simple, somehow focus the spotlight of history back on this region inste...Oh I am really disappointed with this book Maybe because I had very different expectations about it I ve read the title and the introduction by the author, and I thought that it was exactly what I want to knowabout the people of this region over the centuries I wanted to find out about their way of life, religions, political systems, culture and economy I wanted to knowabout their interactions with each other and only at the last place their interactions with the other part Oh I am really disappointed with this book Maybe because I had very different expectations about it I ve read the title and the introduction by the author, and I thought that it was exactly what I want to knowabout the people of this region over the centuries I wanted to find out about their way of life, religions, political systems, culture and economy I wanted to knowabout their interactions with each other and only at the last place their interactions with the other parts of the world.As a result of reading this book I barely got the answer on the last issue and the sense of chronology, which I knew anyway I think to say the book is dealing with the complexity of this region in the historical perspective would be overstatement big time It dealswith the Europe s and later the US s policies, predominately at the Middle East region and their mist...4.75An extremely well researched but defintely not dry history of the Silk Roads I am definitely a happy camper.Need time to gather my thoughts and refer to my notes for a better and cohesive review reaction The Silk Roads is part of the genre of popular history books that purports to tell the history of the world through one particular theme or from one particular vantage point, and is better than most of them Peter Frankopan is a trained historian, and so knows how to synthesise a great deal of information from cultures across Asia and Europe and the span of several centuries in a nuanced manner As an example of a sweeping chronicle, there s much to admire here The author knows how to keep a na The Silk Roads is part of the genre of popular history books that purports to tell the history of the world through one particular theme or from one particular vantage point, and is better than most of them Peter Frankopan is a trained historian, and so knows how to synthesise a great deal of information from cultures across Asia and Europe and the span of several centuries in a nuanced manner As an example of a sweeping chronicle, there s much to admire here The author knows how to keep a narrative moving at a brisk pace and when to throw in the occasional wry aside, which also helps the reader to move quickly through such a thick book Frankopan s main point that central Asia is farcentral to world history than is popularly thought or than most Western textbooks teach is well made, if not exactly new I found the early chapters of this book particularly engrossing, as Frankopan a Byzantinist is clearly most at home in those c...This book covers the history of the area known as the Silk Road since it was first used, by traders circa 200 years BCE, up to very recent times I d touched on some of this history before but Peter Frankopan comes at events from a slightly different angle essentially, his premiss is that early civilisation wasn t actually shaped by the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians it was the Persians who provided the catalyst for much of the learning and development that established the world we now live in This book covers the history of the area known as the Silk Road since it was first used, by traders circa 200 years BCE, up to very recent times I d touched on some of this history before but Peter Frankopan comes at events from a slightly different angle essentially, his premiss is that early civilisation wasn t actually shaped by the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians it was the Persians who provided the catalyst for much of the learning and development that established the world we now live in His view ...Don t let the size of The Silk Roads daunt you It s very readable The scope is huge, geographically and over centuries, but Peter Frankopan keeps everything clear and moving along.I lack familiarity with the history, so I can t say whether his arguments, his judgements on history, are true and what is truth Probably if each of us studied the same scholarly texts we d decide things a bit differently But his arguments did hang together the evidence he presents supports his insights Fran Don t let the size of The Silk Roads daunt you It s very readable The scope is huge, geographically and over centuries, but Peter Frankopan keeps everything clear and moving along.I lack familiarity with the history, so I can t say whether his arguments, his judgements on history, are true and what is truth Probably if each of us studied the same scholarly texts we d decide things a bit differently But his arguments did hang together the evidence he presents supports his insights Frankopan has a nice style for a popular history book The scholarship is evident and the referencing is great if you want to dig deeper with additional reading , but he wears it lightly and the wry sharpness of his judgement on the greed, violence, delusion and sheer stupidity of various in...Well written, well researched, interesting and original all good points about a book that is excellent in parts I enjoyed reading it, found much to be compelling and challenging to some of my own views, but at times I found this book frustrating For all its excellence, this is less one book than two And neither of those books quite fulfils the promise of the title The first book, roughly chapters 1 16, is a history of trade routes and in being that, it is largely about Eurasia The secon Well written, well researched, interesting and original all good points about a book that is excellent in parts I enjoyed reading it, found much to be compelling and challenging to some of my own views, but at times I found this book frustrating For all its excellence, this is less one book than two And neither of those books quite fulfils the promise of the title The first book, roughly chapters 1 16, is a history of trade routes and in being that, it is largely about Eurasia The second book, roughly chapters 17 onwards is a muchdetailed history, still with an emphasis on trade, but might be better called why the world is now in the mess it is in Both of these books are very good, but they do not quite fit seamlessly together The first book is broad brush history, the second is muchdetailed ordering of facts leading to forward looking conclusions In both ca...This is a world history from the perspective that the area between China and Europe is the center of gravity of everything important in human endeavors For the author, Frankopan, this loosely defined region is bounded by western China, northern India, the Horn of Africa, eastern Syria, and southern Russia Roughly speaking this places Uzbekistan in the center When passage through this area was the only way for trade goods to be transported between east and west it was indeed an important are This is a world history from the perspective that the area between China and Europe is the center of gravity of everything important in human endeavors For the author, Frankopan, this loosely defined region is bounded by western China, northern India, the Horn of Africa, eastern Syria, and southern Russia Roughly speaking this places Uzbekistan in the center When passage through this area was the only way for trade goods to be transported between east and west it was indeed an important area Trade and exchange through this area resulted in a development of culture and wealth such that by around 1000 A.D world riches were concentrated around Baghdad But ever since the 1500s when Europeans learned how to sail the oceans to reach the Far East, most of history has moved elsewhere Frankopan insists that it s still important and will beso in the future Wo...A broad and comprehensive overview of the history of the world, starting with the Persians in the 6th century BC, and ending with the contempory challenges in Central Asia For me, this book had three merits First of all, I admired the way the author explains the connections between and the interdependency of historical events in completely different parts of the world After reading this book, I realized that globalisation is not new, but existed throughout the history of the world One great A broad and comprehensive overview of the history of the world, starting with the Persians in the 6th century BC, and ending with the contempory challenges in Central Asia For me, this book had three merits First of all, I admired the way the author explains the connections between and the interdependency of historical events in completely different...

• English
• 24 February 2018
Peter Frankopan
• Hardcover
• 636 pages
• 1408839970
• Peter Frankopan
• The Silk Roads