New schedule

Empire: East Asia’s First Superpowers

Monday March 22^nd:

The Buried Army of the First Emperor

· Readings: Selections from the Basic Annals of the Qin by Sima Qian; short reading on the discovery of the terracotta army; overview reading on the site today.

Wednesday March 24^th:

East Asia’s First Empires

· Reading Barnes 192-207, other reading to be posted.

Archaeology of the Silk Road

Friday March 26^th

On the Road: From Chang’an to Rome and Back Again

· Readings: http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/; readings posted to wiki.

Monday April 5^th

Midterm

Wednesday April 7th

Hidden Caves and Forgotten Sutras: Dunhuang, a Silk Road Crossroads Town

· Readings: Selected readings on Dunhuang and its discovery.

Friday April 9^th

5 Millennia of East-West Connections Across Central Asia

· Readings: Selections from various articles and book chapters to be posted to the wiki.

East Asian Kingship in the Shadow of the Han

Monday April 12^th

Han Bases, Warring Kingdoms and Korea’s First Polities

· Reading: Barnes (pp. 208-221); Pai 1992.

Wednesday April 14^th

Legendary Queens, Horse-riding Warriors and Monumental Tombs: The Rise of Japanese Kingship

· Reading: Barnes (pp. 222-245); selections posted to wiki.

Friday April 16^th

Rescuing Archaeology from the Nation: Nationalism and Archaeology

· Reading: Fawcett 1995; Nelson 1995; von Faulkenhausen 1995.

The Civilizations of South East Asia

Monday April 19^th

Edges of Empire: the Early States of Vietnam

· Reading: Glover and Bellwood (pp. 202-231); selections from Higham; unpublished article to be posted.

Wednesday April 21^st

Early Kingdoms of Thailand

· Reading: Glover and Bellwood (pp. 120-142); selections from Higham.

Friday April 23^rd

City in the Jungle: Angkor Wat

· Reading: Glover and Bellwood (pp. 89-113); further readings to be posted.

Conquering the World: The Steppe Empires

Monday April 26^th

Xiongnu, Turks and Mongols: Archaeology of the Eastern Steppe Empires

· Readings: to be posted.

Wednesday April 28^th

Representing Genghis Khan: the Mongols and the Media

· Preparation: watch two documentaries on life of Genghis Khan: one by the BBC, the other by produced in Mongolia (subtitled).

Friday April 30^th

Karakorum: Forgotten Capital of the World

· Readings: various websites, images and short articles to be posted to wiki.

World Trade Before European Hegemony

Monday May 3^rd

The Southern Silk Road: Ancient World Trade and South East Asian Trade Kingdoms

· Readings: Glover and Bellwood (pp. 68-83, 282-309); Barnes (pp. 263-265)

Wednesday May 5^th

The Son of Heaven’s Treasure Fleet: the Archaeology and Psuedo-archaeology of Zhenghe’s Voyages

· Readings: web and print selections to be posted to wiki.

Friday May 7^th

Underwater Archaeology: The Batu Hitam Shipwreck

· Readings: Flecker 2001; “Sunken Treasures Re-write Chinese History”; “Re-building a Treasure Ship”.

Monday May 11^th Final Student Presentations