The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

'All roads used to lead to Rome. Today, they lead to Beijing.'

When The Silk Roads was published in 2015, it became an instant classic. A major reassessment of world history, it compelled us to look at…

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