Armamix rated The Silk Roads: A New History of the World: 4 stars

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
"Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered …
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"Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered …

Christopher Brown: Tropic of Kansas (2017)
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