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001			ocn916684394
003			OCoLC
005			20180722222114.0
008			150728s2016 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015013264
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019			_a909925287
020			_a9781101946329 (hardback)
020			_a1101946326 (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)916684394 _z(OCoLC)909925287
042			_apcc
092			_a909 _bF834
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aFrankopan, Peter. _9205678
245	1	4	_aThe Silk Roads : _ba new history of the world / _cPeter Frankopan.
250			_aFirst US edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2016.
300			_axix, 645 pages : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	2		_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aThe creation of the silk road -- The road of faiths -- The road to a Christian East -- The road to revolution -- The road to concord -- The road of furs -- The slave road -- The road to heaven -- The road to hell -- The road of death and destruction -- The road of gold -- The road of silver -- The road to Northern Europe -- The road to empire -- The road to crisis -- The road to war -- The road of black gold -- The road to compromise -- The wheat road -- The road to genocide -- The road of cold warfare -- The American silk road -- The road of superpower rivalry -- The road to catastrophe -- The road to tragedy -- Conclusion: The new silk road.
650		0	_aWorld history. _925310
651		0	_aSilk Road _xHistory. _9212506
650		0	_aTrade routes _xHistory. _9295812
650		0	_aEast and West _xHistory. _9276709
650		0	_aImperialism _xHistory. _945928
650		0	_aCulture conflict _xHistory. _9295813
650		0	_aAcculturation _xHistory. _9295814
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