| 课程号 |
30340046 |
学分 |
2 |
| 英文名称 |
Silk Road: A History of Cultural and Material Exchanges |
| 先修课程 |
No |
| 中文简介 |
This course introduces the history of the Silk Road — a complex network of trade routes that connected China and Rome over land and sea — and examines the cultural and material exchanges between the peoples and cultures it connected. The course covers the period 500 BCE to 1500 CE, during which forces wielded by many peoples (e.g., Chinese, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, Turks, and Mongolians) shaped the geopolitical landscape of Asia. It explores the roles played by the Silk Road in forming and transforming the cultural, ethnic, and religious identities of these peoples and their perceptions of one another. It highlights such themes as conspicuous consumption, cultural diversity, religious pluralism, and nomadic migration, as well as the financial, judicial, religious, and social institutions that were the fruits of these extended exchanges. The course begins and ends with an analysis of conceptualizations of the “Silk Road” against the backdrop of the “Great Game” that played out in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among various colonial powers as well as its legacy to this day. |
| 英文简介 |
This course introduces the history of the Silk Road — a complex network of trade routes that connected China and Rome over land and sea — and examines the cultural and material exchanges between the peoples and cultures it connected. The course covers the period 500 BCE to 1500 CE, during which forces wielded by many peoples (e.g., Chinese, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, Turks, and Mongolians) shaped the geopolitical landscape of Asia. It explores the roles played by the Silk Road in forming and transforming the cultural, ethnic, and religious identities of these peoples and their perceptions of one another. It highlights such themes as conspicuous consumption, cultural diversity, religious pluralism, and nomadic migration, as well as the financial, judicial, religious, and social institutions that were the fruits of these extended exchanges. The course begins and ends with an analysis of conceptualizations of the “Silk Road” against the backdrop of the “Great Game” that played out in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among various colonial powers as well as its legacy to this day. |
| 开课院系 |
北京大学教务部 |
| 通选课领域 |
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| 是否属于艺术与美育 |
否 |
| 平台课性质 |
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| 平台课类型 |
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| 授课语言 |
英文 |
| 教材 |
The Silk Road: A New History.,Valerie Hansen,Oxford University Press,2012,The Silk Roads: A Brief History with Documents,Xinru Liu,Bedford/St. Martin’s,2012,The Silk Road in World History,Xinru Liu,Oxford University Press,2010,Life Along the Silk Road,Susan Whitfield,John Murry,1999,Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization,Richard C. Foltz.,Palgrave Macmillan,2010, |
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| 教学大纲 |
Week One
Lecture One: Introduction: The People, The Geology, and the Great Game
Lecture Two: The Emergence of the Silk Road on the Eastern End
Lecture Three: The Emergence of the Silk Road on the Western End
Class Discussion
Week Two
Lecture Four: Buddhism and the Silk Road
Lecture Five: The Lands and Peoples In-between
Lecture Six: Empire, Trade, and Religion
Class Discussion
Week 3
Lecture Seven: The Sogdians
Lecture Eight: The Golden Age of the Silk Road
Lecture Nine: The Arab Conquests of the Silk Road
Class Discussion
Week 4
Lecture Ten: Islam and the Silk Road
Lecture Eleven: The Mongols and the Silk Road
Lecture Twelve: The Silk Road in Twilight
Delivery Method: PPT introduction plus close readings and reviews on books, essays, movies or other selected entries.
Course Structure: lectures and seminars
Presentation: 30 points
Class participation and attendance: 20 points
Final paper: 50 points
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| 教学评估 |
陆扬：
学年度学期：16-17-3，课程班：丝绸之路－文化与物质交流史1，课程推荐得分：3.75，教师推荐得分：3.75，课程得分分数段：95-100；
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