Books like the silk roads

As the silk road was not a single thoroughfare from east to west, the term silk routes has become increasingly favored by historians, though silk road is the more common and recognized name. The city of dunhuang, in northwest china, is situated at a point of vital strategic and logistical importance, on a crossroads of two major trade routes within the silk road network. The present and future of the world is already available in the uk via this link, and available for preorder in the us below. Nov 22, 2018 i was blown away today to read the news that one of the silk road arrests, james ellingson, aka marijuanaismymuse is apparently also the silk road user known as redandwhite. Actually the book covers a much wider spectrum its about trade and trade routes with a focus on the middle east as the place where so many trade routes crossed through history.

British historian peter frankopan, author of the bestseller the silk roads. A new history of the world paints an unexpected portrait of our western civilization and the way we perceive our. And please bear with me, the other chapters would be longer and less boring. A major reassessment of world history, it compelled us look at the past from a different perspective. I was blown away today to read the news that one of the silk road arrests, james ellingson, aka marijuanaismymuse is apparently also the silk road user known as redandwhite. Today, most people travel the silk road in a land rover. Books about central asia, mongolia and the silk road.

This one fully deserves the title so ambitious, so detailed and so fascinating the silk roads demonstrates why studying history is so important. For those people who love reading tmrhp timetravel fic, read it. This is an excellent book which takes a different perspective on history than the usual run of history books. Western historians have started painting europe as a place embedded in a web of relations in wider eurasia, instead of rising up as a lone power to enlighten and civilize the world. Lying in an oasis at the edge of the taklamakan desert, dunhuang was one of the first trading cities encountered by merchants arriving in china from the west. It is doubly unfortunate to read these and other errors because for much of its 646 pages, the silk roads is full of intriguing insights and some fascinating details. May 11, 2019 the new silk roads is published by bloomsbury. Find books like silk road from the worlds largest community of readers. Silk roads chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. Many varieties of silkspinning worms and insects are known, but the silkworm of commerce is the larva of the bombyx mori, or mulberry silkworm, and other closely related moths.

It conjures a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from china to rome. The best books on history five books expert recommendations. The silk road traversed the territory around the taklamakan desert in northwest china and included the routes that connected china with iran. The best books on central asia and the silk road region. Peter frankopan the silk roads this vivid and engaging book brings to life some of the most important moments more. Most scholars would probably say that the silk road ended around 1500, or at least it became secondary to maritime trade as the atlantic route overtook it. A bold and imaginative pageturner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity. Far more than a history of the silk roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The dawning asian century will orbit an axis stretching from china to the mediterranean, according to this sweeping but underwhelming primer on globalization. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of buddhism and the advent of christianity and islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth centurythis book shows how the fate of. Other books ive heard about since the initial post and will be reading and commenting on here are aurel stein on the silk road susan whitfield british museum press, 2004 the silk road journey with xuanzang sally hovey wriggins basic books, 2003. When the silk roads was published in 2015 it became an instant classic.

The following list of books to read for the silk road should assist you in preparing for this journey, whether from your armchair or in the field. The silk roads was called exhilarating, and plenty agreed. Silk roads is a catchall term for any route, land or water, that crossed eurasia. The silk roads is a powerful corrective to parochialism. I wish i remembered those titles so i could reread them and see how they would affect me today. Jun 15, 2016 the title silk roads would suggest that this is going to be largely about china or the far east marco polo stuff. From the middle east and its political instability to china and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the balkans across the steppe and. The temptation in writing any book subtitled a new history of the world is to be doggedly, defiantly.

What does history look like if we shift our focus eastward and give due prominence to those who traversed the silk roads. A new history of the world illustrated edition by peter frankopan. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to know more about our collection of tours across the silk road region. A new history of the world paperback march 7, 2017. But alas, i dont and i have to do with but faint memories. The silk road is as iconic in world history as the colossus of rhodes or the suez canal. Drawing on prodigious sources, frankopan the first crusade. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. List of books and articles about silk road online research. Like the holy roman empire, which was famously neither holy, nor roman. The reality was different, and far more interesting, as revealed in this new history. Mar 07, 2017 far more than a history of the silk roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next.

So comparing the arguments of the two books is like comparing apples and oranges. The temptation in writing any book subtitled a new. If my theory is right, redandwhite is one of the greatest scammers silk road ever encountered. Many books have been written which claim to be a new history of the world. Please tell me about your 2017 contribution to scholarship, the silk road. Since you wrote one of the definitive accessible academic treatments of the topic, lets discuss your work first. Many books have been written which claim to be a new. Wild silk is the product of the tussah worm of india and china, which feeds on oaks. Peter frankopan, number one bestselling author and historian explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this. In june 2016 the silk roads was chosen to be the waterstones nonfiction book of the month. Questions for peter frankopan, author of the silk roads its been centuries since camel caravans crisscrossed eurasia along the silk roads. Instead, frankopan places the center the centre of the world in the region of modern iraq, iran, the caucasus and the russian steppes.

Peter frankopan the silk roads vpro documentary 2017. It looks at world history from the perspective of the lands along the silk roads the trading routes which brought silk from china to europe, and gold and silver in the other direction. Oct 11, 2012 the silk road is as iconic in world history as the colossus of rhodes or the suez canal. The silk roads peter frankopan as the global power of europe has waned, the story of the subcontinents history was in need of reinterpretation. Throughout my childhood years i read books about the tartars, the mongols, and the silk road, which sparked my imagination.

Most books focus on european history and view historical events from an entirely eurocentric point of view. Silk roads by susan whitfield university of california press. This selection of books covers the topic of the silk road, people who traveled or lived in its regions, places found along the routes, and the folktales, myths, and legends that may have migrated along these roads through time. Books reading about the silk road asia central asia. Reviews on the silk roads were generally positive and were published by the guardian, the independent, the telegraph, the times. It was on the silk roads that east and west first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. Feb 16, 2016 throughout history, central asia has been a nexus of burgeoning trade in goods, people, and ideas. The silk roads download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The following is our list of suggested books to read for the silk road. The silk road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established during the han dynasty of china, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce between bce1453 ce. This is the question frankopan answers in this immensely entertaining work. Click download or read online button to get the silk roads book now. The author of numerous books and articles on the silk roads and china, including life along the silk road and silk, slaves, and stupas, susan whitfield is a scholar, curator, writer, lecturer, and traveler of the silk roads. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the.

From the middle east and its political instability to china and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the balkans across the steppe and south asia has been thrust into the global spotlight. Yet the region linking east with west is where civilisation itself began, where the worlds great religions were born and took root, where goods were exchanged, and where languages, ideas and disease spread. The silk roads continue to capture the imagination of the public, and, in 2014, a section of the land routes was designated a world heritage site by unesco. Instead, a complex network of trade routes spanned afroeurasias mountains, plains, deserts, and seas. Aug 27, 2015 it looks at world history from the perspective of the lands along the silk roads the trading routes which brought silk from china to europe, and gold and silver in the other direction. The title silk roads would suggest that this is going to be largely about china or the far east marco polo stuff. A new history of the world from the worlds largest community of readers. The silk road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across central asia to europe, evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine chinese silk, spices, and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snowcapped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, baltic amber, and mediterranean coral. To fi nd out more about our authors and books visit here you will fi nd extracts, author interviews, details of forthcoming events and. It became a surprise bestseller as europe and the west seemed to lurch from one crisis to the next, and served as a reminder that. Throughout history, central asia has been a nexus of burgeoning trade in goods, people, and ideas. Everything you need to know about the present and future of the world from sunday times bestselling author peter frankopan all roads used to lead to rome. A new history of the world the region of the silk roads is obscure to many in the englishspeaking world.

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Marijuanaismymuse tickled my fancy back in the sr days because of his reputation of slipping a piece. The silk road is, as a term, a modern late 19thcentury construction. The silk road may have formally opened up trade between the far east and europe during the han dynasty, which ruled china from 206 b. One of my theories is europe devised a politicaleconomic system of royal and land owning high classes exploiting a peasant class in order to accumulate the money to pay for silk road luxury goods. For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west in the new world of the americas. Frankopans book is a very broad big history with a eurocentric bias meant for a popular audience, while hansens book is a very wellresearched, academic book meant to present a scholarly study on the iranian and chinese peoples on the actual silk road. Silk road is in fact a relatively recent term, and for the majority of their long history, these ancient roads had no particular name. People were walking across eurasia by bc and maybe even earlier.

The silk roads have functioned as the worlds the traditional view that the world we know today was shaped by the romans and the greeks is challenged in this book. The silk roads seem to be specialized in lightweight, ultra luxury goods that were very expensive. In the silk road, valerie hansen describes the remarkable archaeological. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of riches and adventure. Books to read about the silk road guide for seniors.