Talk:The Silk Roads

overall substance of the book
the the critical reception section is very useful. perhaps more citation could be given, eg not just the links to the reviews, but actually writing down in the article some points of praise/criticism mentioned in those reviews. the book is an easy reading one (this is perhaps the most important attribute in case of any book). perhaps it overdoes sometimes the listing of riches of the ancient cities and markets, this becomes repetitive after a while. also citing an (obviously unreliable) source to estimate the 8th century city of baghdad to have a hundred-million citizens is not very useful without further, more realistic information about this number. 80.99.38.199 (talk) 09:19, 21 October 2017 (UTC).

also the book is not really giving a new viewpoint to traditional western focused history, for example it hardly deals with china's story at all, but instead it helps to understand the story of the west by dealing in a (more than usually) focused and coherent way with the driving forces (eg. global economics) of this western history and the relations between the west and the rest of the world. the history of the xxth century is especially illuinating in that respect. it also puts a lot of the propagandistic misinformation and half truths that have been taught in history classes during the last 50 years under scrutiny by shedding light to undisclosed deals and the logic behind power politics. far from being complete which isnt really a fault given its enormous scope and its limited length, this book is an excellent starting point for understanding the xxth century. 80.99.38.199 (talk) 00:11, 26 December 2017 (UTC).

Peter Frankopan is a director and senior researcher which for studying Byzantine Studies and Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford. He did extensive research on the history of the Mediterranean, Russia, and the Middle East, particularly the history of the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century. Simultaneously, Frankopan, a thorough examination of mediaeval Greek literature and rhetoric, as well as cultural exchanges between Constantinople and the Islamic world, is carried out. He is involved in a number of charitable organisations, mostly in the areas of education, international development, gender studies, and classical music. From 2006, he has served as a trustee of Wellington College. He is the chairman of the Frankopan Foundation. Frankopan also owns and operates a number of family companies in the United Kingdom, France, Croatia, and the Netherlands. And one of the famous is A Curious Group of Hotels, which he and his wife Jessica created in 1999. Frankopan oftern write things for The New York Times, The Financial Times, and The Guardian Evening Standard. https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-peter-frankopan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweety Wang (talk • contribs) 09:28, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Influence
Content not seem entirely neutral - unsupported or unsubstantiated claims in direct favor of the work read like advertising copy. 174.251.208.72 (talk) 17:25, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Factual accuracy of "influence"
I have added a {disputed} tag at #Influence. The reviews were less than "generally positive": they praised the book, but had issues with its scope, accuracy, and academic seriousness. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to fix it beyond this. JBchrch  talk  18:08, 14 August 2022 (UTC)