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Asian economies are growing at a breakneck pace today. The region that occupies the largest part of the world is once again in the spotlight. Through an in-depth and detailed history of the Great Silk Road, Peter Frankopan reveals the phenomenon of Asian rapid development, taking the reader on a journey along ancient trade routes up to their modern renaissance.

Many centuries ago, on the Great Silk Road, East and West first came into contact through trade and war. From the rise to the fall of empires, from the spread of Buddhism to the advent of Christianity and Islam, and up to the great wars of the twentieth century, this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.

The Great Silk Roads. A New History of the World is a timely study of the dramatic and profound changes our world is currently undergoing from the perspective of Asian powers and their rapid growth.