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Peter Frankopan (born 22 March 1971) [1] 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.
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World is a 2015 non-fiction book written by English historian Peter Frankopan, a historian at the University of Oxford. A new abridged edition was illustrated by Neil Packer. [1] The full text is divided into 25 chapters. The author combines the development of the world with the Silk Road.
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of The World is a 2018 non-fiction book by English historian Peter Frankopan.The full text is divided into 5 chapters. The author discusses the recent rise of Asia's economic and geopolitical strength.
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History is a 2023 non-fiction book by English historian Peter Frankopan. It discusses the interactions between human societies and the environment throughout history .
The Darkening Age was chosen as one of The New York Times' "Notable Books" for 2018 and was listed on "book of the year" lists by The Telegraph, The Spectator, The Observer, and BBC History. [5] The book received widespread positive reviews in the media, including in the New York Times, The Spectator, and The Times.
Frankopan, Peter (January 24, 2023). "How Enlightened Were the Pirates of Madagascar?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023; Jones, Dan (January 21, 2023). "Pirate Enlightenment by David Graeber: a band of very unlikely philosophers". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
British historian Peter Frankopan connects Rhapsomates with Nikephoros Diogenes who was blinded around 1094 after a failed revolt, presumably then receiving the nickname stitched eyes. [ 2 ] In the aftermath of the revolt, Alexios I appointed Eumathios Philokales as governor with the title of stratopedarches and sent a large garrison [ 15 ...
Peter Frankopan argues that the lapses in some of the chronology of events can in part be attributed to errors in, or lack of, source material for those events. [53] Anna herself also addressed these lapses, explaining them as a result of memory loss and old age. [54] But regardless of errors in chronology, her history meets the standards of ...