Peter Frankopan's 2015 reinterpretation of world history centered on Central Asia and the Silk Roads rather than Western Europe — arguing that the region between China and the Mediterranean has always been the world's true center of gravity.
Recenters world history on the East — Frankopan's argument that the Silk Roads (not Western Europe) have been the engine of world trade, cultural exchange, and political power for most of history provides a corrective to Eurocentric historical narratives.
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