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dknippling 's review for:
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan
A survey of world history from the perspective of the countries of the Silk Roads.
Listened to on audio. An *excellent* audio reading, highly recommended--but it's looooong.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't a complete revisioning of history from a trade-centric perspective. I think that's on me, but it did come as something of a surprise. Where other history books talk about ideology and how it causes wars, this book talks about how trade causes ideology. I found it fascinating. The closer we approached modern times, the more interesting it became.
Highly recommended for readers of history.
Listened to on audio. An *excellent* audio reading, highly recommended--but it's looooong.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't a complete revisioning of history from a trade-centric perspective. I think that's on me, but it did come as something of a surprise. Where other history books talk about ideology and how it causes wars, this book talks about how trade causes ideology. I found it fascinating. The closer we approached modern times, the more interesting it became.
Highly recommended for readers of history.