The course will cover: exchanges between nomad and sedentary populations in East Asia and the flourishing of information routes to modern day Mongolia, Afghanistan, India, Greece and Rome; interactions with European powers, concepts of colonialism, imperialism, and the emergence of 20th century world wars; contemporary geo-political challenges in the region.
Outcomes: Understand diversity in the World from a historical, political, and economic point of view; familiarize oneself with the relations between Asia and the West; highlight differences, similarities and reciprocal influences.
Outcomes: Understand diversity in the World from a historical, political, and economic point of view; familiarize oneself with the relations between Asia and the West; highlight differences, similarities and reciprocal influences.