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sage01 's review for:
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan
3.5 stars. Incredibly useful for the bibliography. Less useful if you want to know the west-central Asian perspective on post-medieval history.
I learned a lot about global economics in the European age of empire, and this finally put together for me how Iran got roped into the British/Russian conflict (before oil was discovered). Tying things into Spanish colonial economics was really helpful, as well, though I'm pretty sure there ought to have been a vast segment on the papacy's involvement in driving early modern European empire and how that impacted the silk roads region. I wanna know what the Vatican thought of Safavid Persia, given that they received Safavid gifts. But I suppose that's a different book.
Which is what always happens with a vast survey like this. Pique my interest, then leave me wondering where to find more info in English.
I learned a lot about global economics in the European age of empire, and this finally put together for me how Iran got roped into the British/Russian conflict (before oil was discovered). Tying things into Spanish colonial economics was really helpful, as well, though I'm pretty sure there ought to have been a vast segment on the papacy's involvement in driving early modern European empire and how that impacted the silk roads region. I wanna know what the Vatican thought of Safavid Persia, given that they received Safavid gifts. But I suppose that's a different book.
Which is what always happens with a vast survey like this. Pique my interest, then leave me wondering where to find more info in English.