Great Wall of China. (Image by Prof. Peter Perdue.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Peter C. Perdue
MIT Course Number
21H.580
As Taught In
Fall 2003
Level
Undergraduate
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This subject examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and Turkic oasis dwellers during the last millennium and a half. As empires rose and fell, religions, trade, and war flowed back and forth continuously across this vast space. Today, the fall of the Soviet Union and China's reforms have opened up new opportunities for cultural interaction.