Along the Silk Roads

Course content

The course analyzes the history of peoples and Ideas between Inner Asia and China. The Silk Roads became known due the records of the larger economic and political structures such as the Roman, Persian and the Chinese Empires. However the nomadic empires of inner Asia and the city states in inner Asia played a crucial role in the trade along these routes. The course aims to explore the history of the people and ideas along these routes through a rich travel literature.