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History has a center of gravity, and for most of time, it wasn’t in the West. Forget the familiar narrative focused on Rome and Greece. The real story of our world was forged along the Silk Roads—the sprawling network where East met West, empires clashed, and ideas flowed like currents. Peter Frankopan’s groundbreaking book radically reorients our understanding of the past, revealing how this ancient crossroads shaped everything from religion to politics and why it is once again defining our future. A truly new history of the world awaits.