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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan
This was a really difficult read (as is obvious from the time it took me to read it), but totally worth it. The Silk Roads talks about history from a different perspective - how changes in the Central and East Asia actually played into the major decisions and happenings across the world.
The book is definitely worth reading, just for the amount of research put in, especially if you are a history enthusiast. It covers almost all major occurences in the history and goes behind the scenes to give you detailed information into them. To be honest, there was a lot of information in the book, so much that it can't be read as a book, but rather a scholarly text. I had trouble holding onto much of the information which is the reason why I found it so difficult to keep reading. I started reading it at least 5 times, only to leave it and then start from the beginning again. But this last time I pushed through that initial barrier and read the whole book. The result was rewarding, as for me personally, the book picked up pace around 200 pages in and I was able to sail through it afterwards.
It was definitely an insightful read, though much of the insight will leave your brain, simply because of the bulk of information. It is a well written book and might be one you return to time and again, if you are a fan of this kind of non-fiction.
The book is definitely worth reading, just for the amount of research put in, especially if you are a history enthusiast. It covers almost all major occurences in the history and goes behind the scenes to give you detailed information into them. To be honest, there was a lot of information in the book, so much that it can't be read as a book, but rather a scholarly text. I had trouble holding onto much of the information which is the reason why I found it so difficult to keep reading. I started reading it at least 5 times, only to leave it and then start from the beginning again. But this last time I pushed through that initial barrier and read the whole book. The result was rewarding, as for me personally, the book picked up pace around 200 pages in and I was able to sail through it afterwards.
It was definitely an insightful read, though much of the insight will leave your brain, simply because of the bulk of information. It is a well written book and might be one you return to time and again, if you are a fan of this kind of non-fiction.