HIST-124 Silk Road
The silk roads were a network of trade routes from China to the Mediterranean Sea. This course explores ancient Eurasian trade, language, religion, art and power as Chinese, Turks, Persians, Arabs, Greeks, Mongols and many others interacted across vast distances. We will study how historians think, considering texts, archeology, linguistics, and art as sources of evidence.
Writing-Intensive (18)
Credits
1
Offered
Spring
Notes
Stress on basic skills in the study of history.