| Title: | Central Asia to 1700 |
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| Course Section Number: | HIS-260-01 |
| Department: | History |
| Description: | HYBRID COURSE. AVAILABLE TO VIRTUAL LEARNERS. HIS-260-01=ASI-260-01 This course examines the history of an important but underappreciated region of the world, the Central Asian steppes (grasslands). We will look at the origins of the horse-riding pastoralists who lived there and periodically threatened the sedentary civilizations around the steppes, consider the role of the region as a highway connecting the major sedentary areas commercially (aka "The Silk Road"), and trace the dynamics and chronology of the major steppe political powers that emerged there, including the Scythians whom Herodotus wrote about, the Hsiung Nu of Chinese fame, and the Huns and Turks who took their turns being terrifying to various folk. We will look closely at the climax of all this, the sudden emergence of the Mongols as world conquerors. We will close around 1700, when the steppes ceased to maintain an independent political existence. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 25, 2021 |
| End Date: | May 11, 2021 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/26/2021-05/04/2021 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Baxter Hall, Room 202
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| Faculty: | Morillo, Steve |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 20 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 15 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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