Peter Frankopan

Silkkitiet-kirjailijan visionäärinen teos tulevaisuuden maailmanpolitiikasta ja konflikteista. Viime vuosina länsimaiden politiikkaa on hallinnut vastakkainasettelu. Samaan aikaan Aasian silkkitiet ovat heränneet uuteen kukoistukseen, kun muinaisten kauppareittien varrelle versoaa uusien, dynaamisten suhteiden verkosto. Peter Frankopan jatkaa Silkkitiet-menestyskirjan teemoja historiasta tulevaisuuteen. Teos vie silmiä avaavalle matkalle Kiinan valtavista kauppahankkeista ja Keski-Aasian maiden noususta Turkin ja Venäjän uuteen rooliin maailmassa. Kirja kannustaa arvioimaan uudelleen, keitä me eurooppalaiset olemme, mikä on paikkamme tulevaisuudessa ja mistä toimeentulomme riippuu.

" Varem viisid kõik teed Rooma. Nüüd viivad need Pekingisse."Peter Frankopani 2015. aastal ilmunud "Siiditeid" saatis tohutu menu ning sellest sai üleöö ajalookirjanduse klassika. Värske pilk maailma ajaloole avas lugejatele uue perspektiivi ja lasi meil kõigil näha minevikku uue nurga alt. "Uued Siiditeed" täiendavad ja ajakohastavad seda lugu, keskendudes lakkamatult muutuva maailma olevikule ja tulevikule.Siiditeid mööda Euroopast Venemaa ja Lähis Ida kaudu Hiina poole liikudes tuletavad "Uued Siiditeed" meelde, et elame tihedalt läbipõimunud maailmas. Brexiti ja Trumpi ajastu Läänt iseloomustavad isoleeritus ja killustatus on teravas kontrastis Siiditeel alates 2015. aastast aset leidnud sündmustega, mille suund on suhete tugevdamise ja koostöö poole.Peter Frankopan heidab värske pilgu tänapäeva Siiditeedel loodavatele suhtevõrgustikele ja annab ülevaate neis jõukeskustes toimunud nihete ülemaailmset järelkajast, millest Lääne ajakirjanduses sageli ei räägita. See oluline - ja lootusrikas - raamat palub meil mõelda selle peale, kes me oleme ja kus me maailmas asume, ning heidab valgust teemadele, millest sõltub meie kõigi elu ja elatis.

'Spellbinding ... a pitch-perfect treasure' LoveReading4KidsSet your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world.Peter Frankopan, number one bestselling author and historian, explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart – the journey along the Silk Roads.From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns, the rise of Europe, two world wars and politics today, The Silk Roads illustrated edition moves through time and history sewing together the threads from different peoples, empires and continents into a phenomenal history of the globe.With stories from each and every corner of society, Frankopan’s magnificent brand new text based on his literary triumph The Silk Roads, sumptuously illustrated by Neil Packer, is a must-have world history.‘An extraordinarily vivid book on an often-neglected corner of history’ Inis Reading Guide ‘Not just children, but people of any age will find this book an absorbing read’ New York Journal of Books ‘Peter Frankopan’s text is pitched at exactly the right level for children to read and for adults to share with them. The illustrations of Neil Packer are completely captivating … this is a perfect marriage and a book to treasure’Armadillo magazine ‘Studded with stylish, evocative illustrations from Neil Packer … this is an ambitious account that nevertheless tackles big themes in a friendly, accessible way’History Revealed magazine

Ny og billigere udgave af det internationale storværkSilkevejen er kendt som et historisk begreb. Handelsvejen, som egentlig bestod af flere karavaneruter, kendes fra 1. årh. f.Kr. og var, indtil søvejen syd om Afrika blev åbnet ca. 1500, den vigtigste trafikåre for Kinas eksport af teknologi og luksusvarer, herunder silke, til Sydasien og Europa. Denne region bandt i mere end tusind år den østlige og vestlige civilisation sammen mellem verdenshavene. Imperier opstod og forsvandt igen. Verdens største religioner udsprang herfra, ligesom sprog, ideer og sygdomme bredte sig undervejs langs netværket af hoved- og biveje – Silkevejene, som Peter Frankopan kalder det.Vikingerne var her – vi ved med sikkerhed, at de nåede så langt som til Konstantinopel. Måske de ikke lod sig omvende af de nye religioner som islam og kristendom, de mødte undervejs, men bogen viser, at uanset religiøse, politiske eller ideologiske uenigheder så kunne de forskellige etniske grupper og folkeslag altid finde ud af at handle med hinanden. Silkevejene har fået fornyet aktualitet. Vore dages Kina, Sydøstasien og Indien gør Vesten rangen stridig som førende handelsnationer. Silkevejen er kort og godt igen blevet verdens centralnervesystem.Silkevejene er blændende historieformidling. Et overdådighedshorn af viden og perspektiver. Bogens mange spor og temaer væver sig ind og ud ad hinanden, indtil de – ligesom i et persisk tæppe – samler sig i et mønster. ”Enhver som vil forstå verden, bør læse Frankopan.” Berliner Zeitung ”Ud over at være en meget begavet forfatter og en fantastisk historiker er Frankopan også ekstremt modig. Dette er intet mindre end en klassiker.” Süddeutsche Zeitung ”En sjælden bog som udfordrer ens syn på verden.” Wall Street Journal ”Yderst velresearchet populærhistorie når den er bedst.” The New York Review of BooksPeter Frankopan, født 1971, er en af Englands førende yngre historikere. Han er professor og leder af Center for byzantinske studier ved universitetet i Oxford. Skribent ved en række toneangivende medier som New York Times og The Guardian. Silkevejene udkom i 2017 og er solgt i adskillige tusind eksemplarer. På dansk er senest udkommet De nye Silkeveje, 2019.

From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing." So argues Peter Frankopan in this revelatory new book. In the age of Brexit and Trump, the West is buffeted by the tides of isolationism and fragmentation. Yet to the East, this is a moment of optimism as a new network of relationships takes shape along the ancient trade routes. In The New Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan takes us on an eye-opening journey through the region, from China's breathtaking infrastructure investments to the flood of trade deals among Central Asian republics to the growing rapprochement between Turkey and Russia. This important book asks us to put aside our preconceptions and see the world from a new--and ultimately hopeful--perspective.

A Chronology of the Crusades provides a day-by-day development of the Crusading movement, the Crusades and the states created by them through the medieval period. Beginning in the run-up to the First Crusade in 1095, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and ending with the Turkish attack on Belgrade in 1456, this reference is a comprehensive guide to the events of each Crusade, concentrating on the Near East, but also those Christian expeditions sanctioned by the Papacy as ‘Crusades’ in the medieval era. As well as clashes between Christians and Muslims in the Latin States, Timothy Venning also chronicles the Albigensian Crusade, clashes in Anatolia and the Balkans and the Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula. Both detailed and accessible, this chronology draws together material from contemporary Latin/Frankish, Byzantine and Arab/Muslim sources with assessment and explanation to produce a readable narrative which gives students an in-depth overview of one of the most enduringly fascinating periods in medieval history. Including an introduction by Peter Frankopan which summarises and contextualises the period, this book is an essential resource for students and academics alike.

Pered vami - novaja, originalnaja i bogato illjustrirovannaja istorija mira, kotoraja otpravit vas v uvlekatelnoe puteshestvie po Shelkovomu puti. Piter Frankopan, professor Oksfordskogo universiteta, predlagaet po-novomu vzgljanut na proshloe chelovechestva, delaja aktsent na otnoshenijakh Vostoka i Zapada. Vojny, prikljuchenija, progress, otkrytija, puteshestvija, i, konechno zhe, sami ljudi - kak sovershenno raznye i poroju neozhidannye veschi vlijali na khod istorii? Ot zakonov tsarja Khammurapi do dvukh mirovykh vojn i sovremennoj politiki - "shelkovye puti" dvizhutsja skvoz vremja i prostranstvo, spletaja niti sudby raznykh narodov, imperij i kontinentov v edinyj klubok zemnogo shara.Perevodchik: Kruchina Evgenij NikolaevichRedaktor: Semenova A.Khudozhnik: Paker Nil

From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world‘Masterly mapping out of a new world order’ Evening Standard'Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita' The TimesPeter Frankopan's highly anticipated follow-up to the 'Book of the Decade', The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the network of relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the Silk Roads today.The world is changing dramatically and in an age of Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the western world stand in sharp contrast to events along the Silk Roads, where ties have been strengthened and mutual cooperation established.Following the Silk Roads eastwards from Europe through to China, by way of Russia and the Middle East, The New Silk Roads provides a timely reminder that we live in a world that is profoundly interconnected. In this prescient contemporary history, Peter Frankopan assesses the global reverberations of these continual shifts in the centre of power – all too often absent from headlines in the west.This important – and ultimately hopeful – book asks us to reread who we are and where we are in the world, illuminating the themes on which all our lives and livelihoods depend.

A stunning illustrated edition of the International bestselling book, now in full color and accessible for young readers. Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart - the journey along the Silk Roads.From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns, the rise of Europe, two world wars and politics today, The Silk Roads moves through time and history sewing the threads from different peoples, empires, and continents together into a phenomenal history of the globe.With stories from every corner of society, Frankopan's magnificent retelling of his literary triumph The Silk Roads, sumptuously illustrated by Neil Packer, is a must-have world history.

När västvärldens inflytande minskar och Asien åter kommer att utgöra världens centrum, sker det längs samma vägar som för tusen år sedan. Det var i öst den mänskliga civilisationen tog sin början. Det var där världens stora religioner föddes och fick fäste, varor utväxlades, språk och idéer började spridas. Det var där imperier byggdes upp och gick under.Peter Frankopan har skrivit en viktig berättelse om de krafter som format den globala ekonomin och den politiska renässansen i öst. Sidenvägarna är en bok som omprövar hela vår världshistoria, en oavbrutet läsvärd skildring av världens verkliga centrum.

I århundrer førte jakten på makt og penger menneskene mot den nye verden i Amerika. I dag er det Østen som lokker de som søker rikdom og eventyr: fra Sentral-Asia og dypt inn i Kina og India. Regionen som en gang var sentrum for begivenhetene, er igjen på vei mot dominans innen global politikk, handel og kultur. I den internasjonale bestselgeren Silkeveiene setter Oxford-historikeren Peter Frankopan verdenshistorien i nytt lys med Østen som dreiepunkt. Silkeveiene er en strålende utforskning av kreftene som har ført til rikers vekst og fall og varsler en ny æra i internasjonal stormaktspolitikk. Boken regnes som et nytt standardverk og er rikt illustrert med et høyt antall oversiktskart.Peter Frankopans kritikerroste storverk Silkeveiene. En ny verdenshistorie ble kåret til årets historiebok av The Daily Telegraph i 2015 og lå på Sunday Times’ topp ti-liste for sakprosa i ni måneder.Peter Frankopan er professor i global historie ved Oxford University, der han også leder Bysantinsk senter. Peter Frankopan blir på grunn av sin unge alder og briljante karriere beskrevet som «vår tids historie-rockestjerne»."Med sine omfattende kunnskaper og sin overlegne evne til å skrive godt og underholdende, har Frankopan klart å gjøre sin nye versjon av verdenshistorien til en bestselger. Hypotesen er at 'brua mellom øst og vest' er sivilisasjonens vugge og veikryss. Det er innlysende at et selvsentrert Europa altfor lenge har plassert sin egen lille verden midt på kartet."Arne Dvergsdal, Dagbladet"For enhver person interessert i historie og geografi gjennom århundrene, er boken rett og slett et must." Guri Hjeltnes, VG«Briljant og fryktløs … Dette er historie i det bredeste formatet.» The Guardian«Umåtelig underholdende .. fortjener til fulle å bli kalt ‘En ny verdenshistorie’.» The Times

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. "A rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world." --The Wall Street Journal From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts. Frankopan realigns our understanding of the world, pointing us eastward. It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth century--this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. Also available: The New Silk Roads, a timely exploration of the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East.

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated in July 1099, when thousands of western European knights liberated Jerusalem from the rising menace of Islam. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? In this groundbreaking book, countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the untold history of the First Crusade.Nearly all historians of the First Crusade focus on the papacy and its willing warriors in the West, along with innumerable popular tales of bravery, tragedy, and resilience. In sharp contrast, Frankopan examines events from the East, in particular from Constantinople, seat of the Christian Byzantine Empire. The result is revelatory. The true instigator of the First Crusade, we see, was the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who in 1095, with his realm under siege from the Turks and on the point of collapse, begged the pope for military support.Basing his account on long-ignored eastern sources, Frankopan also gives a provocative and highly original explanation of the world-changing events that followed the First Crusade. The Vatican's victory cemented papal power, while Constantinople, the heart of the still-vital Byzantine Empire, never recovered. As a result, both Alexios and Byzantium were consigned to the margins of history. From Frankopan's revolutionary work, we gain a more faithful understanding of the way the taking of Jerusalem set the stage for western Europe's dominance up to the present day and shaped the modern world.