Peter Frankopan
Director, Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research
Peter Frankopan is the director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and a senior research fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2015) and The Earth Transformed (2023). He lives in Oxford.
Written by Peter Frankopan
essayHistory of technology
A silken web
From its mythic beginnings in a Chinese garden, the story of silk is a window into how weaving has shaped human history
Peter Frankopan, Marie-Louise Nosch & Feng Zhao
ideaGlobal history
Don’t let the rise of Europe steal world history
Peter Frankopan
essayWar and peace
War, on drugs
Killing people is hard and horrible. No wonder that warriors, from berserkers to jihadis, need drugs to get in the mood
Peter Frankopan
essayEconomic history
The heart of the world
The Silk Road – from the Eastern Mediterranean to China’s Pacific shore – is once again the centre of the world
Peter Frankopan