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Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford, Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College. His research focuses on Byzantium, the Mediterranean, Russia, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the historical connections among peoples, cultures, religions, and regions. He is the author of major works of medieval, global, environmental, and geopolitical history.
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Peter Frankopan's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
The best entry point to Frankopan's global-history writing and the beginning of the Silk Roads sequence.
The First Crusade: The Call from the East
The best entry point to his Byzantine and medieval scholarship.
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Books by series
nonfiction-series · ongoing
Silk Roads
A connected sequence examining the historical importance, contemporary transformation, and future significance of the Silk Roads.
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