The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History that created your World – Illustrated Edition

Fabulous book. The huge swath of history covered, and the way he segues between seemingly disconnected periods/areas/empires/etc. is so fun and exciting. I found myself highlighting almost every page!

This was a birthday gift for a son who absolutely loves it!

Illustrations quite nice, maps very interesting, origination history of the Silk Roads informative, but... author brings it to today and here his own prejudices, skewed outlooks leave one badly disappointed. Should have stuck to what he knew and purported to love... sigh

Peter Frankopan has been called a "rock star of history" and it's well-deserved. I read this book when it was first published in 2015 and have been recommending it ever since. I've given it as gifts and have bought a children's version. Why? Frankopan connects the world for the reader in a very smart way. Earlier I read one review that said the problem with the book is that it doesn't discuss the Silk Road at all. No, it's about - plural - roads.. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World." Most of the world has been left out of history and this author is weaving it in via new roads. Do read it. It's a necessary book for today.

The history of the world according to schooling in the United States, could basically be summed up as, “Nothing happened for a long time, and then suddenly Europe controlled the whole world,” (if you’re lucky enough to even learn about anything beyond US History). This book provides a great introduction to the rest of history that schools leave out of the curriculum, centered appropriately around the true center of the world.

This is a beautiful book, for children but a good survey for adults because of its breadth of history.

Fascinating review of world civilization which antedated our common view of Greco-Roman origins.

Good book but is not just an illustrated version of the original. Remember to read every bit of the page about the book because I did not see that it was kid's book until the book arrived to my door. I believe it ought to be more obvious. Dang! I made a mistake.

Christmas gift

Very few facts, but great for teenagers to read and look at the world history at a different angle

Vraiment décevant, une suite de petits textes cours et superficiels qui n'explorent absolument pas leur sujets et remplis de généralités non étayées...

エヴァンスのPurauit of Powerのユーラシア版を期待したのですが、そうではなかったのが残念でした。

Ich habe mir sowohl das Originalwerk, als auch diese illustrierte Ausgabe zugelegt. Während das originale "Silk Roads" natürlich um einiges umfangreicher ist, haben beide Werke ihre Daseinsberechtigung. Die illustrierte Ausgabe ist kürzer, sie scheint mir als Zielguppe eher das jüngere Klientel anzuvisieren. Trotzdem hatte auch ich meine Freude an dem Buch. Wunderschöne Bilder und Zeichnungen, jede Seite ein individuelles Kunstwerk. Der gebundene Einband ist sehr schön aufgemacht und bildet mit seinem leuchtenden blau-silbernen Farbspiel definitiv ein Highlight in meinem Bücherregal. Auch inhaltlich konnte mich das Buch durchaus überzeugen. Dargestellt wird die Geschichte der Seidenstraßen, die Rolle Asiens in der Weltgeschichte, die Beziehung zwischen Europa und Asien und die zukünftigen Aussichten dieser Regionen. Für Kinder ein interessanter und märchenhafter Einstieg in die Geschichte, für Erwachsene ein erfrischender Überblick über die Vergangenheit - aus einem ungewohnten Blickwinkel.