EMPIRE ON HORSEBACK: STATECRAFT AND WARFARE ON THE CENTRAL ASIAN STEPPE

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Lower-Level

This course examines the political, military and cultural histories of the nomads who dominated Central Asia from antiquity to the early modern period: the Scythian, Xiongnu, Turk and most specifically the Mongol Empires. We explore how these societies shaped world history through warfare, diplomacy, trade networks, and cross-cultural exchange.