The Silk Roads
First edition book cover | |
| Author | Peter Frankopan |
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| Illustrator | Neil Packer (illustrated edition, 2018) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Publication date | August 27, 2015 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 636 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4088-3997-3 |
| OCLC | 943517265 |
| Followed by | The New Silk Roads |
| Website | https://www.peterfrankopan.com/the-silk-roads.html |
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World is a 2015 non-fiction book written by English historian Peter Frankopan, a historian at the University of Oxford. A new abridged edition was illustrated by Neil Packer. The full text is divided into 25 chapters. The author combines the development of the world with the Silk Road.