Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, where he is Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research; he is also UNESCO Professor of Silk Roads Studies at King’s College, Cambridge. His book, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World was described “not just the most important history book in years, but the most important in decades” (Berliner Zeitung). It was named one of the Sunday Times Books of the Decade (2010-19). His next book, The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World was awarded the Carical Prize for Social Sciences in 2019. His most recent book is The Earth Transformed: An Untold History that looks at the past and present through the lens of the natural environment. “Humanity has transformed the Earth” said The Financial Times; “Frankopan transforms our understanding of history.”

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• The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2015)
• The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World (2018)
• The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (2023)