The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed. Quotes

“Those whose minds were open, curious and generous were based in the east, and certainly not in Europe.”
― Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.

“The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale.”
― Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.

“After plans had been drawn up by British intelligence to sabotage ships bringing {Jewish] refugees to Palestine - and pin blame on an apparently powerful but non-existent Arab organization - the British took more direct action... It was clear that Britain would stop at nothing to maintain its interests abroad- and think nothing of others in the process.”
― Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.

“The great irony, was that although Europe experienced a glorious golden age, producing flourishing art and literature and leaps of scientific endeavour, it was forged by violence.”
― Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.