This subject examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and Turkic oasis dwellers during the last millennium and a half

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305 years, 6 months

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As empires rose and fell, religions, trade, and war flowed back and forth continuously across this vast space. Today, the fall of the Soviet Union and China’s reforms have opened up new opportunities for cultural interaction.

Course Currilcum

  • Corpses and Chariots: Mummies, Horses and the Rise of Nomadism Unlimited
  • Religions along the Silk Routes Unlimited
  • Cave Paintings and Sculpture Unlimited
  • Caravans and Conquest Unlimited
  • Ming China and the Rise of Muscovy Unlimited
  • Manchu Conquest of Central Asia Unlimited
  • Nineteenth Century Great Game Unlimited
  • Twentieth Century Explorers and Looters Unlimited
  • Soviet Rule in Central Asia Unlimited
  • Post-Soviet Developments in Central Asia and Xinjiang Unlimited
  • Richard Feynman “goes” to Tuva Unlimited