During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Chinggis Khan and his heirs established the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world, extending from Korea to Hungary and from Iraq, Tibet, and Burma to Siberia. Ruling over roughly two thirds of the Old World, the Mongol Empire enabled people, ideas, and objects to traverse immense geographical and cultural boundarie...(展开全部)

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Chinggis Khan and his heirs established the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world, extending from Korea to Hungary and from Iraq, Tibet, and Burma to Siberia. Ruling over roughly two thirds of the Old World, the Mongol Empire enabled people, ideas, and objects to traverse immense geographical and cultural boundarie...(展开全部)

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure a...(展开全部)

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure a...(展开全部)

彼得·弗兰科潘（Peter Frankopan） ` 英国著名历史学家。牛津大学伍斯特学院高级研究员，牛津大学拜占庭研究中心主任。曾多次在哈佛大学、剑桥大学、牛津大学、耶鲁大学、普林斯顿大学、纽约大学等世界顶尖学府公开演讲。

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure a...(展开全部)

彼得·弗兰科潘（Peter Frankopan） ` 英国著名历史学家。牛津大学伍斯特学院高级研究员，牛津大学拜占庭研究中心主任。曾多次在哈佛大学、剑桥大学、牛津大学、耶鲁大学、普林斯顿大学、纽约大学等世界顶尖学府公开演讲。

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure a...(展开全部)