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The Silk Road is more than a book, it is a veritable study by the British historian and professor at Oxford University Peter Frankopan. The book examines the entire history of mankind over the past 2000 years. You will learn how the Silk Road from Asia to Europe originated, what wars were fought for control over it, and you will also understand its true significance for the whole world.
You will see that history did not develop in the same way as we are used to learning in school. So, centuries ago, the intellectual centers of the world, «Oxfords» and «Cambridge», «Harvards» and «Yale», were not in Europe, but in the cities of Central Asia, where all the enlightened youth gathered in search of success.
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