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tanya_brodd 's review for:
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan
I evidently had started reading this book several years ago and got as far as the Mongols. And then I picked it up off the shelf the other day and thought I'd take a look. And, it is fantastic. Most of it is history I've known about but with a twist that is certainly thought provoking. And the ending, given the pandemic and the the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and so many other things, seems positively prophetic.
A highly readable overview, this is not an depth study of any event. Rather, it is tell the broad sweep of history and how this area has always been the crossroads of the world.
A highly readable overview, this is not an depth study of any event. Rather, it is tell the broad sweep of history and how this area has always been the crossroads of the world.