The Resource The Silk Roads : a new history of the world, Peter Frankopan
The Silk Roads : a new history of the world, Peter Frankopan
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- Summary
- "Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols and the Black Death to the Great Game and the fall of Communism, the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. The Silk Roads vividly captures the importance of the networks that crisscrossed the spine of Asia and linked the Atlantic with the Pacific, the Mediterranean with India, America with the Persian Gulf. By way of events as disparate as the American Revolution and the horrific world wars of the twentieth century, Peter Frankopan realigns the world, orientating us eastwards, and illuminating how even the rise of the West 500 years ago resulted from its efforts to gain access to and control these Eurasian trading networks. In an increasingly globalized planet, where current events in Asia and the Middle East dominate the world's attention, this magnificent work of history is very much a work of our times"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xix, 645 pages
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781101946329
- Label
- The Silk Roads : a new history of the world
- Title
- The Silk Roads
- Title remainder
- a new history of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Frankopan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols and the Black Death to the Great Game and the fall of Communism, the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. The Silk Roads vividly captures the importance of the networks that crisscrossed the spine of Asia and linked the Atlantic with the Pacific, the Mediterranean with India, America with the Persian Gulf. By way of events as disparate as the American Revolution and the horrific world wars of the twentieth century, Peter Frankopan realigns the world, orientating us eastwards, and illuminating how even the rise of the West 500 years ago resulted from its efforts to gain access to and control these Eurasian trading networks. In an increasingly globalized planet, where current events in Asia and the Middle East dominate the world's attention, this magnificent work of history is very much a work of our times"--
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- Frankopan, Peter
- Dewey number
- 909
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World history
- Trade routes
- East and West
- Imperialism
- Culture conflict
- Acculturation
- Silk Road
- Label
- The Silk Roads : a new history of the world, Peter Frankopan
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-623) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xix, 645 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101946329
- Lccn
- 2015013264
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- 2015013264
- Label
- The Silk Roads : a new history of the world, Peter Frankopan
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-623) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xix, 645 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101946329
- Lccn
- 2015013264
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- 2015013264
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