Frankopan Introduction

1. How does the western mainstream historical narrative differ from recent alternatives?

2. Which region does the author prefer as “vantage point” to assess world history?

3. Why does the author call the Silk Roads the “world’s central nervous system”?

4. Which discoveries shifted the center of civilization from the Silk Roads to Western Europe?

Frankopan, Peter: The Silk Roads, NY 2015, Preface
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