Peter Frankopan on global history in 2020

Peter Frankopan explores some of the major themes in global history and how they relate to life in 2020

Fasil Ghebbi, a 17th-century fortress city in Gondar, Ethiopia. (Photo by Getty Images)

Published: August 5, 2020 at 4:52 pm

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Five years after the publication of his landmark book The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, historian Peter Frankopan explores some of the major themes in global history and how they relate to life in 2020.

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