MARKO BOOK CLUB // SILK ROADS by PETER FRANKOPAN // REVIEW #4
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER: eepurl.com/gdR76X . This month we are reading Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan. Last month I traveled to Uzbekistan to film a new travel vlog series for Vagabrothers, and this book was a huge inspiration for our trip. Here's episode 1 of that series:
• Uzbekistan - Why You S...
If you’re watching the vlogs from Uzbekistan, this book will be the perfect companion for those who want a deeper dive into the history of the great Silk Road Cities like Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, and Tashkent, and the many soldiers, merchants and emperors who passed through - from Marco Polo to Alexander the Great, and Genghis Khan to Timurlane.
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History is written by the “victors” as they say, telling half-truths or out and out lies to make them look better or the “losing” culture/class look worse. And, as you said, it’s the everyday person who makes up history not just the ruling class who tend to fear when people come together from all backgrounds to work together because we may disrupt the status quo. Very enjoyable review!!👏🏼
Andhi Cook Interesting comments Andhi. I’m looking online to get this book, just have to read it.
Thank you Polo. We invite all travelers around the world. There are very beautiful historical sites in Uzbekistan. Architecture monuments are here. Let's look at it. Uzbek people are very kind and friendly in the world of hospitality. In Uzbekistan, you are awaiting a wonderful trip, delicious food. Definitely come.
Just finished to read this book a couple of months ago and I am still overwhelmed by the large amount of stories and information that most of common people didn't know. I think that visiting places like Samarkand after reading "The Silk Roads" makes our origin and our society origin more clear, it doesn't matter if we are European, American or what so ever, the orient has made a huge influence in our way of living and the goods we are using. Very fascinating reading. I hope I will be able to visit Uzbekistan soon. Keep on with this content this year. Great idea! Cheers from Sicily
Just bought it. My family is originally from Somalia and it's amazing how much of its history has been lost. I've always known that with its prime location, that it has played a HUGE role in history. I cant wait to read up and learn more about the silk road. I hope life is treating you and your loved ones well Marko. 🌻
Happy travels and happy (late) new year!
Great book choice this month, I really like how you've incorporated your choice of the Silk Roads with your current travel segment on Uzbekistan.
I've previously read this book and thought you did a really thorough job summarizing. I found it was difficult at first to set aside my preconceived notions of the history of how the west and east interacted after being educated in Toronto. This book really opened up my mind to challenge the assumptions I had created and recalibrated my thoughts on globalization and the larger historical question of 'what is truth?.' The amount of detail that was incorporated into this book was fascinating and insightful, and while it was quite long, I thought it was a great read.
A side note, have you ever thought about narrating books yourself? It's quite hard to find someone who's able to speak about deep subject matters and follow along as easily as it is in your videos.
Victoria
What do you mean by narrating books? Like for Audible? Hadn’t thought of it, I just really like sharing books and ideas hahaha!
@@MarkoAyling Yes narrating books for Audible! Maybe a new business venture?
Hahaha yeah maybe!
I gave this book to my father for Christmas last year! I'll have to borrow it back from him when he is finished :) Great tip to read with a map open to get a visualization of the area bring discussed.
It definitely helps! And looking at maps is just a fun activity in itself!
Marko is doing a great effort with the channel and only so he achieves so much things for all the places that he goes
Wow i just purchased this book and it is a pretty good book i purchased it because of your review thx❤
This sounds very interesting. Thank you for the review.
Loved your video! Not easy at all, I am Mexican and English is not my first language, so it is twice as difficult. 😁
Really nice to feel the passion you have for books, history and knowledge in general👌🏾 I want to read it! I would love to know more about that part of the world. Gracias por compartir 🙌🏽🧡
Great video and very honest review. Thank you!
Marko, I have this book in hardcover and it's in Polish. I show the world from a different perspective. Atlantic Europe was a poorer part of the "European Peninsula" until the Mongol invasion and great discoveries in the XV and XVI century. The Chinese are trying to revive the "Silk Road" to become a superpower again. Maritime transport is the most efficient for now, but new inventions like hyperloop can change that. I didn't know you liked books so much. I discovered this channel today. I subscribed to Vagabrothers two years ago.
I know you are going to my country this year so I can recommend another book. Norman Davies, 1981: God's Playground: A History of Poland. Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795, Vol. 2: 1795 to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925339-0 / ISBN 0-19-925340-4
People often go only to Kraków, Gdańsk and Warsaw without knowing about such architectural gems as Zamość, Toruń, and the castle in Malbork.
BTW I'm a historian and travel a lot.
My current read....😍
The numerals that we in the West and the World, use daily are derived from the Arab world. Also, there has always been a condescension regarding the East. One has only to think of the aftermath of World War I, when Churchill, and I think Lawrence of Arabia, and a women (who I'm not familiar with, I think her name was Bell (?),) without consulting with Eastern leaders, divided the Ottoman Empire into the countries we now know today as Iran and Iraq. History is not my forte, so I may have some of this into incorrect, but you get the gist.
Ordered via library ✔🙌😁 love this!
excellent book review! well said!
Thank you kindly!
Bought this book for my brother last year and definitely plan to borrow it off him! Great review Marko and keen for the next book!
This book sounds like sweet music to the history nerd that I am ! Will definitely give it a read or a listen on audible. Like you said, I find that listening to books sometimes makes them easier to “digest”. If you are interested in filling the gaps of history as taught in school I would highly recommend “No god but God: the origins, evolution and future of Islam” by Reza Aslan. Also, I read Shantaram last November based on your recommendation and absolutely loved it! I’m really looking forward to future book club videos :)
Liked your review...
Fantastic video!
Reading this now :)
This was awesome! 👏🏼
Hope you like the book!
Congrats!!! 😁
Sounds like a interesting and informative book. Like to see more videos like this Marco: -) Greetings from India..
Very interesting video. It really made me eager to give the silk roads a read. Interestingly enough the word "alcohol" also comes from arabic even though it's now banned in some muslim countries. In France they do actually teach us a tiny bit about the impacts of arabic scholars on contemporary science maybe because of the closeness of Europe with that part of the world or because of the large number of arabic immigrants in France. However, I do think that unfortunately the key role that they have played like keeping the Ancient greek knowledge and transcribing it is often downplayed in western history.
It is not a history of the region, it is a history of the “whole world”. Big emphasis has been given to conquer of America
thanks Marko. i am just reading this book with the help of audible!!
Added this one to my reading list, thank you Marko, sounds like quite a fascinating one :)
(And now I should get back to the book I'm reading for an offline book club and I'm waaaay behind... yet I can never resist new book recommendations, it's a blessing and a curse!)
I’m the same way! I’m also in a real life book club here in Los Angeles!
@@MarkoAyling Glad to hear I'm not the only one! Here's to the bliss of never-ending to-read lists then ;)
xx
Dora
Well reviewed! You describing how involved you got in order to really really read the book makes me feel better about deciding to abandon it 10% in. I am just NOT ready to get involved enough for the book to make sense. Currently I am not remembering ANYTHING I hear in my Audible version of the book. I was expecting something different from it, something easier to digest on its own, that would explain things systematically and use historic examples as proof of bigger concepts like guns germs and steel did, not as the end all in themselves.
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Hey Marko, great vid, will add to log on my list. I just finished the razors edge . Good book. Still trying to understand some themes/ ideas but still very interesting/ profound. Would definitely love to hear an expanded take on the book and conclusions you came ( about book and yourself) . Either way , great video . Keep up the good work.
I hope you upload more videos like this
I definitely will!
That background ist just stunning and I really liked this video!
When I started to learn Arabic, I was surprised to find out how many arabic loanwords there are in so many other languages. I really got interested in the history of how these words made their way to Europe. This book is on my to-be-read-list for a long time now, but I am kind of intimidated by the amount of pages this book has, so maybe I'll try to listen to the audiobook aswell. ;)
Yeah, especially in Spanish: “Arroz” for rice or better yet words that have both Arabic and Latin words for the same thing, like “olive”: “aceituna” from Arabic vs “Olivia” from Latin
@@MarkoAyling 👌👌
@@MarkoAyling yeah, it is so fascinating. Also the other way around, for example the word for the fruit orange in the arabic/turkish/persian language (and i guess for some other languages as well) is named after the place they were imported from: Portugal. In Persian it would be: پرتقال [porteghâl]
@@zackpeltz-palko8819 Ja!
But strangely enough I believe citrus comes from Asia originally! 🤔
I look forward to these book reviews equally as I do The Vaga Bro videos. Super interesting stuff. Thanks Marko. :)
Argh damn it, I feel like rather than doing my work today, I’ll likely end up watching VagaBro videos again. I think you once said that some people say that you are at your best in England or Europe, and I think that there is some truth in it, but when you are in someplace interesting steeped in history then it makes the video so fascinating, as interesting to me as a good National Geographic documentary.
Makes my vids look much less good.
Thanks guys :D
@@TheChargeShow Thank you! Yes, I agree that anywhere with a good story is a place we really enjoy filming!
Hola Markos. Vi tu nuevo post del libro Silk Roads (loved the video) but I’m not inspire to read it. Y cómo funciona the book club ? You just give a review on YT and that’s it or you have a point in which everyone converge and talks about it ? It would be a great incentive if by the end of the month you commit to a Live Stream on YT to discuss the book, may be that will
Motivate more people to read it. But I’m happy to see that you are committed to your book club.
Hola J. Tarot! Te contesto en inglés para los demás entiendan. Yes, I am going to do a monthly livestream, but probably on Instagram and not UA-cam. I am thinking of a few ideas and will make an announcement soon! And if you aren’t motivated to read Silk Roads, just wait for the next one. I will share a fictional book in two weeks
@@MarkoAyling Thanks Marko for the reply, I'm gonna start reading Emotional Alchemy by Tara Bennett-Goleman may be we can discuss it over DM on IG I have sent you a message there. I have been trying to get more information about spirituality and this virtual world we live in... by taping into the source as a Psychic but I am curious about getting more knowledge from others ... May be we can collab and do a search for spirituality destinations or something... I'm sure that with the experience you have from VBrothers Ch. you may be able to put into practice what's best for the growth of your personal channel, very particular niche but nonetheless a very powerful one, as long as your contribution to the world has a purpose you will succeed. Well you need to establish your priority with your Channel is it to grow on YT or to Sustain on IG? YT Live will move more your content here with the Algorithm and some sort of weekly post. While IG will sustain your followers interests there... and moving people from one platform to the other is very difficult. Trust me I know... Sending you Love and Light and Stay Curious ;-)
That’s one of the next books on my list! Yes, maybe we can collab! Hablamos por DM
고맙다. 벌러 우즈베키스탄에 자주 오십시오. 우리는 꾹 너회들을 환영해요. 우즈벸들이 아주 친절한과 환대 사람들이에요.
Fascinating !!!! Marko have you read any of the William Dalrymple books????
Which one you like more, the silk roads or "sapiens"?
now i really really really want to have that book....but it's too expensive 😭
The background music gives me 'conspiracy theory' vibes lol
History was always my worst subject, (except art history for some reason...haha) but it seems interesting enough to give it a try!
And it is not the “Arabs” that helped preserve knowledge, it was all muslins, Persians in particular. Algebra comes from the name of al khwarizmi, a Persian mathematician
But Persians were not Muslims. It was the land of Zoroastrians until the Islamic conquests. Many Persians fled to India to escape Islamist persecution and preserve their ancient Zoroastrian roots. These people have been living in India for a millenia now and are known as Parsis (Indian Persians) who are all Zoroastrians with their own fire temples across India and have contributed significantly to the Indian economy and warfare. Many have even enlisted in the army and had contributed to Indian independence. One of the most notorious riots against the British was carried out by Parsis which became known as the infamous dog riot.
Marco I just love hearing you explain things but I don't think I can read a thousand page book. I am still reading Stephen King's It and I started it last year.🤦♀️🤷♀️😂
Fair enough! I’ll recommend a shorter one next time ; )
@@MarkoAyling thanks my love 😘😘😘🙌🙌🙌
In history arab students came India for higher education..... Arabs learnt from India and spread this knowledge to Europe 👍