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Peter Frankopan
History & Commentary
Peter Frankopan is a British historian and writer whose work includes global history, Byzantine research and the history of the Silk Roads.
Biography
Peter Frankopan, born on 22 March 1971, is a British historian, writer and hotelier. He is a professor of global history at Worcester College, Oxford, and directs the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. His academic roles also include professor of Silk Roads studies at the University of Cambridge and a bye-fellowship at King's College.
Frankopan is associate director of the UNESCO Silk Roads programme, a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and President of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. He is best known for his 2015 book, The Silk Roads, which examines the importance of Eurasian networks of trade and exchange in world history.
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Books by Peter Frankopan
The Silk Roads
The Silk Roads traces how Eurasian networks of trade and conquest shaped economies, religions, cultures and nations over millennia. It places connections between East and West at the centre of world history, including the West's efforts to access and control these networks.