Silk Road. Illustrated edition

Before you is a new, original and richly illustrated history of the world that will send you on a fascinating journey along the silk path. Peter Francopan, a professor at Oxford University, suggests a new look at the past of mankind, focusing on the relations of the East and West. War, adventures, progress, discoveries, travel, and, of course, people themselves - how completely different and sometimes unexpected things influenced the course of history? From the laws of Tsar Hammurabi to two world wars and modern politics - the "silk paths" move through time and space, weaving the threads of the fate of different peoples, empires and continents into a single ball of the globe of the globe