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008			150728s2015 nyuab b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781101912379
020			_a9781101946336
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040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC
041			_aeng
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050	1	4	_aD 21.3 _bF834s 2015
082	0	0	_a909
100	1		_aFrankopan, Peter, _d1971-
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, _c2015.
300			_axix, 647 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.
650		0	_aWorld history.
650		4	_aHistoria mundial _9845
650		4	_aRutas comerciales _xHistoria. _914211
650		4	_aImperialismo _xHistoria _99883
650		4	_aConflicto cultural _xHistoria.
650		0	_aTrade routes _xHistory.
650		0	_aEast and West _xHistory.
650		0	_aImperialism _xHistory.
650		0	_aCulture conflict _xHistory.
650		0	_aAcculturation _xHistory.
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