The Silk Roads

The Silk Roads

A major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the re-emerging east - and a fascinating rediscovery of the seductive cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, Isfahan, and Constantinople.

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east.

For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east that calls out to those in search of riches and adventure. Sweeping right across Central Asia and deep into China and India, a region that once took center stage is again rising to dominate global politics, commerce, and culture.

A major reassessment of world history, The Silk Roads is a dazzling exploration of the forces that have driven the rise and fall of empires, determined the flow of ideas and goods, and are now heralding a new dawn in international affairs.