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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Ever get tired of hearing that Europe is the center of everything that ever mattered? Yeah, same here. What if the real story of the world’s history isn’t about the West at all, but about a vast, dusty crossroads stretching from the Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush? Peter Frankopan’s "The Silk Roads" dares to flip the script on the usual history lesson and put the East back where it belongs—front and center.
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