Class Id: 8995
Days: T
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 04:20 PM
Building: DICKH
Room: 207
Course Id: 4000
Departments and Numbers: HIS 435, HLS 435
Area: HA
Title: Mounted Nomads and Sedentary States in the Medieval World
Description: An introduction to the history of the nomadic cultures of the central Asian steppe, who acted as a conduit for information, goods, and technologies between Europe and China. Beginning with the archaeology and social anthropology of steppe nomadic societies, the course proceeds to an overview of the history of the various steppe peoples with whom Europe and Byzantium came into contact, before examining in greater detail the rise of the Mongol empire under Chingis Khan, its background and context, and its effects on the structure of tribal and clan society.
Prerequisites:
Professors: John F. Haldon
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