Peter Frankopan Books in Order

Peter Frankopan reexamines the First Crusade through the crisis confronting Byzantium and its emperor, Alexios I. Placing eastern political pressures at the center of the story challenges familiar explanations focused chiefly on the pope and western European knights.

Peter Frankopan surveys the growing networks of trade, infrastructure, and political cooperation connecting Asia and its neighbors. Following developments from China to Central Asia and beyond, he examines how eastern powers are reshaping a world often described through western concerns.

Peter Frankopan traces the influence of climate, ecosystems, and natural disasters on human societies across history. Connecting environmental change with agriculture, politics, religion, and empire, he examines humanity’s dependence on nature and its growing power to alter it.

Peter Frankopan reexamines world history through the trade routes linking Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, and China. He follows the movement of goods, ideas, religions, and power to show how these connections shaped empires and global affairs.