--- product_id: 85979824 title: "The Silk Roads: A New History of the World" price: "¥5374" currency: JPY in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/85979824-the-silk-roads-a-new-history-of-the-world store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # The Silk Roads: A New History of the World **Price:** ¥5374 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Silk Roads: A New History of the World - **How much does it cost?** ¥5374 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/85979824-the-silk-roads-a-new-history-of-the-world) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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. "A rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world.” — The Wall Street Journal 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 in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts. Frankopan realigns our understanding of the world, pointing us eastward. 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. 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 century—this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. Also available: The New Silk Roads , a timely exploration of the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now—as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. Review: The Red Thread of World History - It has been a long time since a book so thoroughly expanded—and reframed—my understanding of world history. The title may get the clicks, but the subtitle is really the point: this is *A New History of the World*. I had long understood that the conventional Western-civilization narrative was inevitably biased, and assumed the antidote was simply to learn more Eastern history. Frankopan makes a much more profound case: the central thread of world history is neither East nor West, but the centuries-long movement of trade, wealth, religion, power and conquest back and forth across the great interface between them. That axis—running through what are now Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China, with crucial connections north through the Caucasus and Central Asia—reframes remarkably familiar history. Even the European voyages that opened the Americas become not an isolated “Age of Discovery,” but another chapter in an ancient struggle over access, trade and power. This is not a grand conceptual thesis in the style of *Guns, Germs, and Steel*. It is a deeply researched, heavily documented history, with the 10th Anniversary edition adding an extensive epilogue connecting that history to the world we inhabit now. I finished it feeling genuinely enlightened. I don't think I can see world history through my old, simplistic East-West lens again. And at a moment when that ancient axis of trade and power is once again shaping events around the globe, it feels extraordinarily timely. Review: Not quite a decentralized look at EurAsia - This text is well written and well researched. Not sure what bias one of the lengthy one star reviews is talking about. Not going to get into a refutation of those complaints. What needs to be recognized here is that the focus on Europe in a history about trade routes that didn’t include Europe for quite a while is suspicious and yet this is a much better perspective than A PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE WORLD which couldn’t get out of Europe no matter how hard it tried. I think the most impressive section is the one covering the 20th century where the author manages to weave together a number of various disasters caused mostly by the British, Russians, and Americans (as well as Iran and Iraq with the help of said Europeans). I felt that the absence of China in various points was odd since it was Chinese silk that named these roads but overall this was a fascinating read. I followed this up with DESTINY DISRUPTED which is a history of the world from the perspective of Islam. That gave some great perspective to this book and is recommended for anyone who read SILK ROADS. ## Features - Highlight, take notes, and search in the book ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #40,672 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #1 in Chinese Travel #1 in China Travel Guides #4 in Historical Geography | ## Images ![The Silk Roads: A New History of the World - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/915bsixj0sL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Red Thread of World History *by R***R on September 30, 2026* It has been a long time since a book so thoroughly expanded—and reframed—my understanding of world history. The title may get the clicks, but the subtitle is really the point: this is *A New History of the World*. I had long understood that the conventional Western-civilization narrative was inevitably biased, and assumed the antidote was simply to learn more Eastern history. Frankopan makes a much more profound case: the central thread of world history is neither East nor West, but the centuries-long movement of trade, wealth, religion, power and conquest back and forth across the great interface between them. That axis—running through what are now Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China, with crucial connections north through the Caucasus and Central Asia—reframes remarkably familiar history. Even the European voyages that opened the Americas become not an isolated “Age of Discovery,” but another chapter in an ancient struggle over access, trade and power. This is not a grand conceptual thesis in the style of *Guns, Germs, and Steel*. It is a deeply researched, heavily documented history, with the 10th Anniversary edition adding an extensive epilogue connecting that history to the world we inhabit now. I finished it feeling genuinely enlightened. I don't think I can see world history through my old, simplistic East-West lens again. And at a moment when that ancient axis of trade and power is once again shaping events around the globe, it feels extraordinarily timely. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not quite a decentralized look at EurAsia *by E***S on December 3, 2022* This text is well written and well researched. Not sure what bias one of the lengthy one star reviews is talking about. Not going to get into a refutation of those complaints. What needs to be recognized here is that the focus on Europe in a history about trade routes that didn’t include Europe for quite a while is suspicious and yet this is a much better perspective than A PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE WORLD which couldn’t get out of Europe no matter how hard it tried. I think the most impressive section is the one covering the 20th century where the author manages to weave together a number of various disasters caused mostly by the British, Russians, and Americans (as well as Iran and Iraq with the help of said Europeans). I felt that the absence of China in various points was odd since it was Chinese silk that named these roads but overall this was a fascinating read. I followed this up with DESTINY DISRUPTED which is a history of the world from the perspective of Islam. That gave some great perspective to this book and is recommended for anyone who read SILK ROADS. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reading this book is the simple way to take a few stride forward to the reality of how the world works. *by S***Y on January 2, 2017* THE SILK ROADS by Peter Frankopan A New History Of The World It's true to say that history is a story told by the winner. It's all very well to get a big head and wield a sword as a now victor; but it's of pivotal importance to remember that forces on the other side or on the periphery would be flexing their muscles, on the alert for a chance to settle scores. Peter Frankopan, a historian based at Oxford University and the author of THE SILK ROADS, has a prodigiously profound insight on historical events and is an extraordinarily hard-working researcher which we know from 100 pages of notes and bibliography accompanying 507 pages of text. This book is something none other than Peter himself couldn't have written. He pulled multiple strands together in this single great work. An epic story indeed! Incredibly informative and compellingly attractive. This ambitious book spans centries, continents and cultures. It shows a historical tapestry woven with his epochal perspective: how cultures, slaves, products, natural resources, religions and ways of life have been traded for over two thousand years; how the center of powers has changed so far and which it's heading into. This book takes the form of a series of what marked milestones in global history chronologically arranged from ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia to the Crusades to the post ww2 era to the recent consideration of Turkey joining the SCO not the EU to the present when half-a-mile-long trains carrying millions of products from China to Germany in just sixteen days and vice versa. It of course includes factual accounts of events with the additional explanations on the causality between some nitty-gritty issues. But what the author is really willing to give is a warning against solving today's problems without worrying tomorrow's. THE SILK ROADS enables us all who read it to see a broad region that had been or is in turmoil. It reveals the dangers of the lack of perspective about global history. Great turning points in human history, I've learned from this book, have been bound together by, against the backdrop of, many big and small talks and decisions which occurred in the barren steppes, in conference rooms, on the phone and sometimes in a prison cell. I owe much to Peter Frankopan. My knowledge of the world history was admittedly sparse. When it comes to history related literature, I, as a person who had no interest in the stuff of global history, have only read several books focusing on a narrow subject matter over shortening timeframesㅡUNBROKEN, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, DEAD WAKE, just to name a few. Now, after reading this book from beginning to end, highlighting and underlining sentences, making notes in the margins, I feel my heart ten times more fluttering than when I first saw the jacket image of an incredibly beautiful decorative ceiling of a certain madrasah in Uzbekistan. There is a greater quiver of excitement now in my mind than there was just after reading 7-page preface which made me all aflutter in anticipation of the following text. The bottom line: go online with your smart phone to do a search for THE SILK ROADS by Peter Frankopan, add it to cart and proceed to checkout! 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