The Silk Roads

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

The Silk Roads: A New History of The World is a 2015 book written by Peter Frankopan, an academic at the University of Oxford.

Author

Peter Frankopan is a historian at Worcester College. Also he directs the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He studies about the history of the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia and interdependence of Islam and Christianity. He has expert knowledge in Greek literature of Middle Ages.[1]

Summary

The traditional view is that Western civilization descends from the Romans, who were in turn heir to the Greeks, who, in some accounts, were heirs to the Egyptians. Frankopan argues that the Persian empire was the center point of the rise of humanity.

Reception

Reviews on The Silk Roads were published by The Guardian,[2] The Independent,[3] The Telegraph,[4] The Times.[5] and The New York Review of Books.[6] In June 2016 The Silk Roads was chosen to be the Waterstones non-fiction book of the month.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lofthouse, Richard. "Turning history on its head: Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads, on following the 'call of the east". oxfordtoday. 2015.
  2. ↑ Sattin, Anthony (2015). "The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan review – a frustrating trail". Theguardian.
  3. ↑ Irwin, Robert. "The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan: All loud on the Eastern Front". Independent.
  4. ↑ Hughes, Bettany. "The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan, review: 'charismatic'". Telegraph.
  5. ↑ Gerard DeGroot, Gerard. "The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan".
  6. ↑ Thubron, Colin. "A Different Vision of History by Peter Frankopan, review".


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