Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

HIST 389 - THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD

Long Title: MIGRATIONS AND DIASPORAS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: The Indian Ocean World presents an enormously varied arena of cultural exchange and interaction spanning coastal regions of Africa, the Middle East, South, and Southeast Asia and Australia. Seminar introduces the region by examining societies and empires shaped by voyages of exploration, religious pilgrimages, trading diasporas and forced migration. Replaces HIST 489. Cross-list: ASIA 389.