"Silk way" - more than book, this real research of the British historian and teacher of the Oxford university Питера Франкопана. In a book all history of humanity is examined for the last 2000. you know, as there was a silk way from Asia to Europe, what wars were conducted for control above him, and also will understand his truth value for the whole world.you will see that history developed quite not so as we got used to study at school. So, centuries back intellectual centers of the world, "Оксфорды" and "Кембриджи",, "Harvard" and "Йели", were not in Europe, and in the cities of Middle Asia, where and all enlightened young people went down in search of success.