Travel in time to an often overlooked area of history and learn the astonishing ways that cultures thought of as barbaric have profoundly influenced our world today.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Steppes and Peoples
- 02: The Rise of the Steppe Nomads
- 03: Early Nomads and China
- 04: The Han Emperors and Xiongnu at War
- 05: Scythians, Greeks, and Persians
- 06: The Parthians
- 07: Kushans, Sacae, and the Silk Road
- 08: Rome and the Sarmatians
- 09: Trade across the Tarim Basin
- 10: Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Christianity
- 11: Rome and the Huns
- 12: Attila the Hun-Scourge of God
- 13: Sassanid Shahs and the Hephthalites
- 14: The Turks-Transformation of the Steppes
- 15: Turkmen Khagans and Tang Emperors
- 16: Avars, Bulgars, and Constantinople
- 17: Khazar Khagans
- 18: Pechenegs, Magyars, and Cumans
- 19: Islam and the Caliphate
- 20: The Clash between Turks and the Caliphate
- 21: Muslim Merchants and Mystics in Central Asia
- 22: The Rise of the Seljuk Turks
- 23: Turks in Anatolia and India
- 24: The Sultans of Rum
- 25: The Sultans of Delhi
- 26: Manchurian Warlords and Song Emperors
- 27: The Mongols
- 28: Conquests of Genghis Khan
- 29: Western Mongol Expansion
- 30: Mongol Invasion of the Islamic World
- 31: Conquest of Song China
- 32: Pax Mongolica and Cultural Exchange
- 33: Conversion and Assimilation
- 34: Tamerlane, Prince of Destruction
- 35: Babur and Mughal India
- 36: Legacy of the Steppes
Taught by
Kenneth W. Harl
