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The Silk Roads

12 min read 16 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

A radical reorientation of world history, placing the Silk Roads—not Europe—at the center of global power, trade, and ideas for millennia, from ancient empires to today's Belt and Road.

You’ll learn

  • The Silk Roads were the world's true axis
  • Why the West's dominance was a brief anomaly
  • How faiths and plagues traveled the same routes
  • Why Central Asia is again the global cockpit