Vv13 History Mongolia 1 - History of Central and Chinese Asia till the Yuan dynasty

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 J31, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
no requirements
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Knowledge of chronologies and particularities in historical development of Central Asia and lands of the Chinese cultural sphere with an emphasis on the Mongolian steppe till the fall of Yuan Empire in China (1368).
Learning outcomes
Students will know the basic chronology, orientate themselves in the historical geography, they will know ethnic and language development, changes in the cultural and religious situation, they will be able to comment upon relations of selected areas and they will be aware of basic sources.
Syllabus
  • 1) Prehistory of Central Asia - a summary of archaeological evidence
  • 2) Xiongnu Empire
  • 3) Xianbei, Rouran, Tuyuhun, non-Han dynasties in the Northern China, situation in Tarim Basin in the first half of the 1st millenium CE
  • 4) Turkic and Uyghur Kaganates
  • 5) Early Tibetan history and Tibetan Expansion into Central Asia
  • 6) Sedentary ethnic groups of Central Asia and development of individual oasis (Tokhars, Sogdians; Khotan, Kucha, Turfan etc.)
  • 7) Development at the North-East borders of the Imperial China (Manchuria, Korea)
  • 8) Kitans, Jürchen, Tanguts (Xixia)
  • 9) Ethnogenesis of the Mongols
  • 10) Chinggis Khan, Mongolian expansion and dividing of Mongol Empire
  • 11) Penetration of Islam into Central Asia
  • 12) Yuan Dynasty
Literature
    required literature
  • SRBA, Ondřej and Michal SCHWARZ. Dějiny Mongolska. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2015, 464 stran. ISBN 9788021079687. info
  • Tajná kronika Mongolů. Translated by Pavel Poucha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1955, 279 s. info
    recommended literature
  • GROLLOVÁ, Ivana and Veronika ZIKMUNDOVÁ. Mongolové : pravnuci Čingischána. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2001, 231 s. ISBN 8072540793. info
  • Putování k Mongolům. Edited by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine - Guillaume de Rubrouck - Ruy Gonzales. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1964, 383 s. URL info
  • The Cambridge history of Inner Asia: the Chinggisid Age. Edited by Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank and Peter B. Golden. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
    not specified
  • The Cambridge history of early Inner Asia. Edited by Denis Sinor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Teaching methods
lectures with presentation of photographs and sources
Assessment methods
final written test - at least 50 % of correct answers is needed to pass the course
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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