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Far more than a history of the silk roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and. How ordinary people used contracts, 6001400, changing gods in medieval china, 11271276, and, with kenneth r. The silk road, a transeurasian network of trade routes connecting east and southeast asia to central asia, india, southwest asia, the mediterranean, and. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed. The eastwest trade routes between greece and china began to open during the first and second centuries b. In the past decade, she has spent three years in china.

See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Many books have been written which claim to be a new history of the world. Books to read about the silk road guide for seniors. Best books to read about the silk road a list for senior travellers. The silk road primarily refers to the land routes connecting east asia and southeast asia with south asia, persia, the arabian peninsula, east africa and southern europe. The roman empire and the kushan empire which ruled territory in. An ambitious persiancentric rewrite of world history is full of insight but let down by factual errors. A sweeping, fascinating chronicle of world history focused on. Valerie hansen is professor of history at yale university. Peter frankopan is an exceptional storyteller the lands of the silk roads are of renewed importance, and frankopans book will be indispensable to anyone who wants to make sense of this union of past and present. A history of china to 1600, negotiating daily life in traditional china, and voyages in world history coauthored with kenneth r. To find out more about valerie hansen and the silk road, visit her website at. The silk road was never really a road at all, but rather a stretch of shifting, unmarked paths across massive expanses of deserts and mountains that carried a. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.

A new history of the world by peter frankopan, empires of the silk. The linking of asia to europe via eurasia for conquest and trade since at least 120bc is a unique part of the worlds history. Shadow of the silk road by colin thubron, the silk roads. A new history of the world from the worlds largest community of readers. The epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the silk road. Lets dodge rain drops follow me they say i always left a paper trail duffle bag in the attic, now how that paper smell wooh and i. In his new book, the silk roads, frankopan has created something that forces us to sit up and reconsider the world and the way weve always thought about it. A history of china to 1600, negotiating daily life in traditional china. Stretching from the ancient chinese capital of xian across the expanses of central asia to rome, the silk road was, for 2,000 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world.