Themes: Migratory Nomads are the driving force form mobility all across inland Afro-Eurasia. Trade drives travels on monsoon winds around the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Eastern and Western circuits on land and sea well-established but minimally connected by 600CE.
Reading: BEFORE CLASS, 9AM Monday
Peter Golden, Central Asia in World History. (NYU Proquest Ebook Central. (hereafter: Ebook), pp.1-37.
Michal Biran, “Introduction: Nomadic Culture (pp.1-9), Anatoly M. Khazanov, “The Scythians and their Neighbors,” (pp.32-49), and William Honeychurch, “From Steppe roads to Silk Roads: Inner Asian Nomads and Early Inter-regional Exchange,” (pp.50-88) in Nomads As Agents of Cultural Change: The Mongols and Their Eurasian Predecessors, edited by Reuvan Amitai, Michael Biran, and Anand A. Yang, University of Hawaii Press, 2014)
Nicolai Kradin, “Ancient Nomad Steppe Societies,” (OREAH). (10pp)
Reference: Nomadic Peoples of Central Asia, Silk Road Cities GoogleMap, University of WASHINGTON SILK ROAD SITE, Silk Road Central GoogleEarth Project. D.T.Potts, Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era, Oxford, 2014.
- MONDAY: Zoom Discussion. 9AM Abu Dhabi. In my meeting room.
WEDNESDAY: online work for the rest of this week: Study: Nomadic Peoples of Central Asia.
Video3. “Epochs and Forces,” themes, chronology, and trends.
Video4. “Mobility.”
Video5: Demonstrating two useful online resources.
Here is the link to the slides for Weeks1-2, Videos 1-5.
Writing assignment: 1-PAGE RESPONSE PAPER #1. “WHAT IS THE SILK ROAD?” — SUBMIT PAPER IN YOUR PERSONAL GOOGLEDOC FOLDER, shared with me —
- Cumulative Q&A link
- FYI: Silsila Webinar: Stéphane Pradines – “Swahili Mosques between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean.” Sep 16, 2020 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Register Here.
Links to weeks in full syllabus: Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14