Praise for the silk roads breathtaking and addictively readable. In december 2015, the silk roads was named the daily telegraph. Unfortunately, the book is a terrible disappointment. A brand new book from the sunday times and internationally bestselling author of the silk roads masterly mapping out of a new world order evening standard revised and updated edition the new silk roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. Spain, holland, britain, russia, germany, and the us, garnished with a bit of the ottomans, persia, iran and afghanistan in the second section. Peter frankopan it was on the silk roads that east and west first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. The call from the east, a major monograph about byzantium.
Peter frankopan is a trained historian, and so knows how to synthesise a great deal of information from cultures across asia and europe. 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 where we are headed next. One comes away from this book convinced that the multidimensional history of the silk roads deserves a central place in an understanding of the roots of the modern world. The principle thesis of peter frankopans thoughtprovoking history the silk roads is that westerners europeans and americans have greatly underestimated the influence on their own history of events occurring in central asia along the silk roads. The new silk roads late night live abc radio national. Peter frankopan is a historian at worcester college, oxford and director of the oxford centre for byzantine research. One comes away from this book convinced that the multidimensional history of the silk roads deserves a central place in.
The new silk roads brings this story up to date, addressing the present and future of a world that is changing dramatically. The national ae as incongruous it may seem to call an intenselyresearched 600page tome with 100 pages of footnotes a romp, the silk roads is a fluent, pageturning gallop through the roughly 2500 years from ancient persia and alexander the great to the present day. German and history with honours in history from the university of western australia. The point is well made that a eurocentric view of the world leaves out the people and places of the utmost importance. 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. Drawing on a rich series of sources in greek, latin, french, italian, german, dutch, spanish, portuguese, swedish, russian, arabic, turkish, persian, hebrew. The region of the silk roads is obscure to many in the englishspeaking world. If you are looking for a repetitive compilation of statements by chinese, russian, and other leaders of their ambitions, along with a wideranging but poorly organized criticism of trump. Peter frankopan is director of the oxford centre for byzantine research at the university of oxford. His areas of focus are the history of the byzantine empire, the mediterranean. The following is from peter frankopans book, the silk roads. So argues peter frankopan in this revelatory new book. The economist the silk roads, which covers several continents and many centuries, is based on astonishingly wide and deep reading and in all areas draws on the latest research.
Published by bloomsbury paperbacks 2016 the sun is setting on the western world. In that first book, peter argued that it was along the silk roads an exotic name coined by a german geographer in the late. I got a very clear understanding of what is happening in that region. A new history of the world peter frankopan 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 where we are headed next. Asias history brilliant threads books and arts the. The new silk road by peter frankopan vpro documentary. The world is changing dramatically and in an age of brexit and trump. This is what peter frankopan writes in the preface of his ambitious book, the silk roads. Peter frankopan is professor of global history at oxford. A new history of the world by peter frankopan estimated delivery 312 business days format paperback condition brand new author biography peter frankopan is senior research fellow and faculty fellow at worcester college. A new history of the world book online at best prices in india on. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed. Apr 06, 2017 this is what peter frankopan writes in the preface of his ambitious book, the silk roads. It looks at world history from the perspective of the lands along the silk roads the trading routes which brought silk from china to europe, and gold and silver in the other direction.
The temptation in writing any book subtitled a new history of the world is to be doggedly, defiantly. Much of the new silk roads is about how chinas road has come to ring the world. The silk roads peter frankopan compra livros ou ebook. He is a senior research fellow at worcester college, oxford, and the director of the oxford centre for byzantine research at oxford university. The daily sabah in turkey reports that an peter frankopan, an oxford university academic who is known as a fearless and brilliant writer and a sensation on an international scale with his book the silk roads will be coming to istanbul to talk at a conference. Peter frankopan is a historian at oxford university, where he is senior research fellow at worcester college, oxford and director of the oxford centre for byzantine research. From the middle east and its political instability to china and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the balkans across the steppe and south asia has been thrust into the global spotlight. While all efforts have been made to present an accurate account of the status of the silk road in the countries covered, some part of the information provided and the analyses thereof are those of the contributors, and does not imply. From the bestselling author of the silk roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right nowas seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the east. This is an excellent book which takes a different perspective on history than the usual run of history books. China really only becomes a topic in the conclusion. It is about the connections that serve as the worlds great central nervous system, connecting peoples and places together, but lying beneath the skin, invisible to the naked eye.
Questions for peter frankopan, author of the silk roads its been centuries since camel caravans crisscrossed eurasia along the silk roads. A new history of the world, by peter frankopan, bloomsbury, rrp. A new history of the world the region of the silk roads is obscure to many in the englishspeaking world. By spinning all these stories into a single thread, peter frankopan attempts something bold. I was a bit disappointed when begining to read the book because i presumed it was about the original silk road and its continuation over the centuries. British historian peter frankopan, author of the bestseller the silk roads. He is a senior research fellow at worcester college, oxford, and the director of the oxford centre for byzantine. Historian peter frankopan chats to phillip about his new book, the new. The call from the east, a major monograph about byzantium, islam and the west in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of buddhism and the advent of christianity and islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth centurythis book shows. New history of the world has become a bestseller and its being hailed all over the world as a literary masterpiece. When frankopans the new silk roads was selected by a book club to which i belong, i was very excited. The silk roads by peter frankopan by bloomsbury publishing issuu. Over 80 countries are now part of the initiative, frankopan points out, encompassing more than 63 per.
Following the silk roads eastwards, from europe through to china, by way of russia and the middle east, the new silk roads provides a timely reminder that we live in a profoundly interconnected world. A new history of the world, peter frankopan traces the history of that network and its role in the dissemination of religious and scientific ideas, the exchange of commercial and cultural goods, and the advance of military might and political ambitions. Frankopan is the second of five children born to yugoslavia born croatian aristocrat louis nicholas anthony doimi frankopan 19392018, who emigrated to the united kingdom after his familys land and fortunes were seized by the yugoslav communist government in. The silk roads peter frankopan compra livros ou ebook na fnac. Really, its a history of the world, as it takes in events in the americas and africa as well. An ambitious persiancentric rewrite of world history is full of insight but let down by factual errors. Mar 01, 2016 the following is from peter frankopan s book, the silk roads. Peter frankopan is a historian based at oxford university.
For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west in the new. 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 the bestselling author of the silk roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing. From the middle east and its political instability to china and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the balkans across the steppe and. Peter frankopan meets that challenge in silk roads.
Peter frankopan is a prominent historian at oxford university and author of the book the silk roads. He provides an astonishing overview of the development and the importance of the silk roads with an eye on todays world and the future. A new history of the world by peter frankopan posted on may 27, 2018 by rhapsodyinbooks the principle thesis of peter frankopans thoughtprovoking history the silk roads is that westerners europeans and americans have greatly underestimated the influence on their own history of events occurring in central. Globalisation, the heartland and chinas new silk roads. A new history of the world is a 2015 nonfiction book written by peter frankopan, an english academic at the university of oxford.
A history of the world that shunts the centre of gravity eastward. Peter frankopan born 22 march 1971 is a british historian, writer and hotelier. The temptation in writing any book subtitled a new. In the silk roads, peter frankopan has provided a bracing wake up call. When frankopan s the new silk roads was selected by a book club to which i belong, i was very excited. It has already won history book of the year by several media and journalistic outlets. The present and future of the world peter frankopan download bok. The story here does not spin out of the importance of any single great culture. The national ae as incongruous it may seem to call an intenselyresearched 600page tome with 100 pages of footnotes a romp, the silk roads is a fluent, pageturning gallop through the roughly 2500 years from ancient persia and alexander the great to the present. Peter frankopan in new york city on september 15th during his quick trip to the usa for scholarly presentations at yale and harvard and at the united nations. And what if this new silk road will not have the old europe as the leading continent. Yet the region linking east with west is where civilization itself began, where the worlds great religions were born and took root, where goods were exchanged, and where languages, ideas and disease spread. While the west tends to see itself at the apex of civilized peoples, in fact, it is the countries. Frankopan deems all that fl ows from themwhether religion, commerce, or politicssilk roads, because the trade in silk underpinned it all.
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