UNSW Handbook Course - Along the Silk Road: Conquerors, Traders and Explorers

Along the Silk Road: Conquerors, Traders and Explorers - CHIN2310


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: Dept Chinese & Indon Studies
	Contact: Hendrischke,Hans
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: GENT0420
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Introduces students to the many cultural influences, which contributed to the formation of the ancient world along the 'Silk Road'. The 'Silk Road' has been the link between the great civilisations of Europe and Asia. Travelled by conquerors, missionaries, traders and explorers, the 'Silk Road' carried ideas, religion, arts, technologies, cuisines and diseases, as well as silk and trade goods of all descriptions.

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