The Silk Roads A New History Of The World Peter Frankopan by Peter Frankopan 9781101946329, 9781101946336, 1101946326, 1101946334 instant download after payment.

"This is history on a grand scale, with a sweep and ambition that is rare... A proper historical epic of dazzling range and achievement." —William Dalrymple, The Guardian
The epic history of the crossroads of the world—the meeting place of East and West and the birthplace of civilization
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. 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 century—this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.
Peter Frankopan realigns our understanding of the world, pointing us eastward. He vividly re-creates the emergence of the first cities in Mesopotamia and the birth of empires in Persia, Rome and Constantinople, as well as the depredations by the...