![]() ![]() This book is meticulously researched and should be required reading for anyone in journalism, said a review on. The Lost Sons of Omaha by Joe Sexton is an in depth look at a shooting/murder during the protests after George Floyd’s murder, as well as the aftermath of that killing. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization.īeckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans’ migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations. ![]() In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. ![]() The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, “Empires of the Silk Road” represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. ![]()
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