HIST 273 Hist of Premodern Asia to 1500

A broad thematic introduction to the world historical transformations in government and society in Asia from the earliest times to the establishment of contact with Europeans in the 16th century. The twin themes of order and encounters will form the foundations for analyzing the different ways in which Asian societies grew in complexity as they crafted elaborate institutional arrangements for governance, and also as they became interconnected within wider circuits of the movements of ideas, commodities, and populations.