Irene answers “Thinking about reading this book. Have...”

Steve Sermersheim asked this question about The Silk Roads: A New History of the World:

Thinking about reading this book. Have you found it to be biased to western civilization?

Irene I found that Frankopan wrote on the Ancient middle Asian cultures from their own respect very convincing until a little after the Arabian take over. O…moreI found that Frankopan wrote on the Ancient middle Asian cultures from their own respect very convincing until a little after the Arabian take over. Once he started to speak about other countries like Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands and UK on the sea (16-17 th century) it all became very UK oriented. Being Dutch, I feel I know the Dutch history of that period well enough to see some flaws in the story. The 19th -20th century view on the British and the Russians was new to me, and therefore, I enjoyed that part better.(less)

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