The vpro documentary the silk roads, based on his book of the same name, features frankopans revisionist insights into world history and exposes the many ways our past and future are interconnected. But truth is, britain only had its moment because some trade winds blew our sailors in a favourable direction. Star wars trade wars part one i was in venice this week and as usual, made straight for st marks square to see my old friends the tetrarchs. Peter frankopan abc radio historian peter frankopan says the story of human civilisation doesnt arise from europe. Silk roads with peter frankopan 2017 tv movie plot. This one fully deserves the title so ambitious, so detailed and so fascinating the silk roads demonstrates why studying history is so important. Peter frankopan the silk roads vpro documentary 2017. From the middle east and its political instability to china and its economic rise, the vast region.
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. For way too long we westerners have been espying history through the lens of our own success. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west in the new world of the americas. In the east meets west season, this is the starting point. The new silk road by peter frankopan vpro documentary. May 27, 2018 the principle thesis of peter frankopans thoughtprovoking history the silk roads is that westerners europeans and americans have greatly underestimated the influence on their own history of events occurring in central asia along the silk roads. 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. Peter frankopan abc radio historian peter frankopan says the. Peter frankopan, professor of global history at oxford university, talks us through the books that inspired him. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The author takes silk roads as a kind of umbrella theme to write a history of both the core region western china to the mediterranean well past the period of caravans and also international trade and globalization including transpacific, transatlantic trade and european african trade.
Frankopan is the second of five children born to yugoslavia born croatian aristocrat. Many books have been written which claim to be a new history of the world. Over 80 countries are now part of the initiative, frankopan points out, encompassing more than 63% of the worlds population and 29% of its global economic output. As part of our engaging with the humanities speaker series, peter frankopan, senior research fellow at worcester college, university of oxford and director of the oxford centre for byzantine. Asias history brilliant threads books and arts the. Far more than a history of the silk roads, this book is truly a revelatory new. Peter frankopan discusses kazakhstan and the new silk road for his book the silk roads. Peter frankopan writes a great historical narration with this book. Silk roads with peter frankopan tv movie 2017 imdb. That there is but one, single, or singular lesson of history is confirmed by a reading of peter frankopans ambitious the. A new history of the world paperback march 7, 2017. The call from the east, a major monograph about byzantium. When the silk roads was published in 2015, it became an instant classic.
Now historian peter frankopans new book puts the fabled roads at the center of a new view of. This film is an intimate portrait of roads that have mattered through history, told to us by peter himself, looking into the. Peter frankopan the silk roads a new history of the world part 04. Peter frankopan born 22 march 1971 is a british historian, writer and hotelier. A new history of the world, peter frankopan traces the history of that network and its role in the dissemination of religious and scientific ideas, the exchange of commercial and cultural goods, and the advance of military might and political ambitions. The film argues that the united states and neighboring european countries are crippled by a strong sense of nationalism. The present and future of the world peter frankopan isbn. Peter frankopan is a historian at worcester college, oxford and director of the oxford centre for byzantine research. This book spends most of its time in detailing the trade and fortunes of the west instead of focusing on the various kingdoms of the silk road. Apr 01, 2016 as part of our engaging with the humanities speaker series, peter frankopan, senior research fellow at worcester college, university of oxford and director of the oxford centre for byzantine.
Even the most knowledgeable and fairminded observers of geopolitics frequently miss the mark. Silk roads with peter frankopan tv movie 2017 quotes on imdb. Much of the new silk roads is about how china s road has come to ring the world. Peter frankopan on remapping the world abc conversations. Questions for peter frankopan, author of the silk roads its been centuries since camel caravans crisscrossed eurasia along the silk roads. He took a first in history and was schiff scholar at jesus college, cambridge, before completing his doctorate at oxford, where he was senior scholar at corpus christi college. He then proposes that what the world needs is to reorient its focus from europe to the silk roads, vaguely defined by him as the region between east and west from the eastern shores of the black sea and the mediterranean to the himalayas. A new history of the world paints an unexpected portrait of our.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Drawing on prodigious sources, frankopan the first crusade. This book is not as advertised a new history of the world, but rather a view of the economic impact of trade on the western world. Silk roads with peter frankopan tv movie 2017 release. Frankopan s rightly lauded book has done what it said on the cover. Feb 26, 2016 ljmus national identity lecture series in association with the centre for port and maritime history and the centre for the study of international slavery presents dr peter frankopan the silk. Peter frankopan is a historian based at oxford university. Oct 21, 2017 british historian peter frankopan, author of the bestseller the silk roads. Peter situates central asias silk roads at the centre of civilisation. May 19, 2016 peter situates central asias silk roads at the centre of civilisation.
The present and future of the world, peter frankopan bloomsbury, november 2018 p redicting the global future is never easy. Hier kaufen oder eine gratis kindle leseapp herunterladen. In december 2015, the silk roads was named the daily telegraph. Silk roads with peter frankopan tv movie 2017 on imdb. Historian peter frankopan s title claims this is a new history of the world.
Peter frankopan, laurence kennedy, highbridge, a division of recorded. Apr 15, 2016 that there is but one, single, or singular lesson of history is confirmed by a reading of peter frankopans ambitious the silk roads. Historian peter frankopan, author of the silk roads, stumbles in his followup when he tries to apply his theories and research to current. Ljmus national identity lecture series in association with the centre for port and maritime history and the centre for the study of international slavery presents dr peter frankopan the silk. After the first world war, the german historian oswald spengler predicted the decline of the west. This is the question frankopan answers in this immensely entertaining work. British historian peter frankopan, author of the bestseller the silk roads. While the west tends to see itself at the apex of civilized peoples, in fact, it is the. This film is an intimate portrait of roads that have mattered through history, told to.
Peter frankopan isnt a goodreads author, but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed. Peter frankopan is senior research fellow at worcester college, oxford, and director the centre for byzantine research at oxford university. Nov 19, 2017 silk roads with peter frankopan 30min. A new history of the world paints an unexpected portrait of our western civilization and the way we perceive our. The temptation in writing any book subtitled a new history of the world is to be doggedly, defiantly. Peter frankopan the silk roads a new history of the world part 02. Feb 16, 2016 throughout history, central asia has been a nexus of burgeoning trade in goods, people, and ideas. The temptation in writing any book subtitled a new. Peter frankopan studeerde geschiedenis in cambridge. Peter frankopan in new york city on september 15th during his quick trip to the usa for scholarly presentations at yale and harvard and at the united nations. Peter frankopan on kazakhstan and the new silk road. A new history of the world, is out now he has contributed to a book on. Huns, vandals, turks, seljuks, moghals, mongels come streaming out to east and west.
Frankopan is a byzantine specialist, and his focus is on. The silk roads quotes by peter frankopan goodreads. April 8, 2016 its been centuries since camel caravans crisscrossed eurasia along the silk roads. Mar 04, 2016 merryn somerset webb talks to author and historian peter frankopan about britains relationship with the new silk roads, and why we need to better understand china. Frankopan is the second of five children born to yugoslavia born croatian aristocrat louis nicholas anthony doimi frankopan 19392018, who emigrated to the united kingdom after his familys land and fortunes were seized by the yugoslav communist government in. Silk roads with peter frankopan tv movie 2017 quotes. Frankopans rightly lauded book has done what it said on the cover. A new history of the world is a 2015 nonfiction book written by peter frankopan, an english academic at the university of oxford. A new history of the world the region of the silk roads is obscure to many in the englishspeaking world. Silk roads with peter frankopan tv movie 2017 plot. The silk roads peter frankopan bok 9781408839973 bokus. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
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