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May 03, 2024
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2021-2022 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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RELS 26729 - Silk Roads: Rels, Empires, & GlobalizatiCourse Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST, SAST)
Silk roads: Religions, Empires & Globalization in the Ancient World “The Silk Road”: This 19th-century name for the ancient trade routes connecting East Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean regions brings together in modern minds many myths & some realities of long-distance trade & intercultural contact in the ancient world. Globalization is sometimes thought of as a contemporary phenomenon, but cultural processess & effects that we now associate with globalization occurred in the ancient world, as intercultural contact and exchange, of cultures (religions, technologies) and goods (persons, silk, spices, glass, horses) occurred from China to Rome. In this course, we examine interactions of religions, empires, & trade goods along these long-distance routes of East-West contact, connection, and exchange. [Note: Not an introductory course. Recommended preparation: one RELS course or related courses from other depts/programs.] [R]
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