Chalke Talks for REGION: World

• 03. AROUND THE WORLD IN 1847
  Turtle Bunbury ( 2019 )
  Published: 10th Jan 2021

  Turtle Bunbury takes a fast-paced look at the world as it was 170 years ago. Featuring an exceptional cast of characters from those who explored the world’s oceans to show stopping entertainers, his talk also encompasses the intrepid pioneers who crossed the prairies of the Americas, the genius of Liszt and Mendelssohn, the Irish soldiers […]

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• 06. THE SILK ROADS: A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLD
  Peter Frankopan ( 2016 )
  Published: 10th Jan 2021

  In this brilliant major reassessment of world history, Peter Frankopan gives a compelling account of the forces that have shaped the global economy and the political renaissance in the re-emerging east. He explores the forces that have driven the rise and fall of empires, determined the flow of ideas and goods and are now heralding […]

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