The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan, 2015
Read in June 2018
Read in June 2018
I've always been fascinated with the history of Central Asia and in particular the Silk Road. It seemed to be a blank spot in our studies of World History in school and just seemed to be glossed over if barely mentioned. It was a place where the Mongol hordes came from but it was so much more. We were consistently exposed to the bias of Western Civilization.
I've read several books on the Silk Roads and this is just the latest and it was very well written and researched. It was unbiased, interesting and thoughtful account of the many countries of the region. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.
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