The Silk Roads

Master it as if you wrote it without reading a single page from it with short interactive lessons you play.

A few quick questions first, so it fits youA few quick questions first,
so it fits you

What it’s about

Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising…Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are…

by Peter Frankopan

Economics
History
Society/Culture

How a lesson feels

A lesson is a game you can’t zone out of

Example lesson

Spark

Reading once isn’t remembering.

Most of a book fades unless you pull it back out of your head.

Guess

What helps you remember a book more?

Reading it again
Quizzing yourself on it

Exactly!

Pulling an idea out of your head makes it stick better than reading it twice.

The takeaway

Quiz yourself. Don’t re-read.