TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the book “The Silk Roads: A New History of the World” written by the British writer Peter Frankopan has been released in the Iranian book market.

Translated by Masoud Moradi Jourabi, the book has been published by Moein Publications in two volumes, Mehr reported.

Originally published in 2015, the non-fiction book takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes. 

This prescient contemporary history provides a timely reminder that we live in a world that is profoundly interconnected. 

Following the Silk Roads eastwards from Europe through to China, by way of Russia and West Asia, Frankopan assesses the global reverberations of continual shifts in the center of power – all too often absent from headlines in the West.

The book asks readers to re-examine who they are and where they stand in the world, illuminating the themes on which all their lives and livelihoods depend. It is truly a revelatory new history of the world. From West Asia 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 readers that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, one must first understand their astounding pasts.
 
The author realigns the understanding of the world, pointing 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 20th century — the book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.

“The Silk Roads”, a major reassessment of world history, has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

Frankopan, 52, is a British historian, writer, and hotelier. He is a professor of global history at Worcester College, Oxford, and the Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

His areas of focus are the history of the Byzantine Empire, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Russia, as well as the interdependence of Islam and Christianity. He has also studied Greek literature of the Middle Ages.

He writes regularly for the national and international press about current affairs and about how history helps to explain the present. His works have been translated into 12 languages.

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