Courses about the Silk Road
A number of courses related to the Silk Road are taught at UC Berkeley. A selection of courses most regularly taught are provided below. Please check on the Berkeley Academic Guide(link is external) for a full list of courses taught this academic year.
- Sacred Arts in China(link is external) – Jun Hu – HistArt 131A
- Imperial China and the World(link is external) – Nicolas Tackett – Hist 116G
- Introduction to Chinese History(link is external) – Wen-hsing Yeh – Hist 6B
- Muslim-Jewish Encounters(link is external) – Ethan Katz – Hist 175D
- Islam in South Asia (link is external)– Abhishek Kaicker – Hist C114
- Archaeology of East Asia (link is external)– Junko Habu Anthro 230
- Buddhism and its Culture in Japan(link is external) – Mark Blum – BuddStud C115
- Introduction to Buddhism(link is external) – Robert Sharf – BuddStud C50
- History of Heaven(link is external) – Brian Baumann – EALC 119
- Introduction to Central Asia(link is external) – Sanjyot Mehendale – MELC 26/GEO 55
- Art and Archaeology of Middle Eastern Christianity(link is external) – Simon Brelaud – MELC 125
- Introduction to Russian/East European/Eurasian Cultures(link is external) – Darya Kavitskaya – Slavic 50
- Introduction to Ancient Greece(link is external) – Maria Telo – AGRS 10A
- Introduction to the Archaeology of the Greek World(link is external) – Kim Shelton – AGRS 17A
- The Roman Economy(link is external) – Theodore Pena – AGRS 130D
- From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road: Introduction to the History of Central and Inner Asia(link is external) - Stacey van Vleet - Hist 100F
In addition, a number of pertinent languages are taught at UC Berkeley including Persian, Turkish, Russian, Greek, Latin, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Egyptian (hieratic), Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, among others (please check the class schedule(link is external)).