INTRODUCTION TO NOMADIC CULTURES
Fall Quarter 2009 Schedule
Daily at 10:00-11:50
Syllabus
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Introduction: The physical geography of North and Middle Asia
Read: pp. 6-10; also look over M Physical map of Northern Eurasia; (this and all underlined materials on the syllabus are available online at course materials) memorize all features listed; and M Area Map. Also take a look at the M Political map of northern Eurasia today. Learn the information on these and other assigned maps as soon as possible, since these names will continually appear in the readings and lectures.
Sept. 24 - Thursday
Native Siberian prehistory
Learn information on M Geological Chronology and information on M World Culture Ages.
Sept. 25 - Friday
The origins of Pastoral Nomadism in Central Eurasia
Read M on Pastoralism (best read after the lecture)
Sept. 28 - Monday
The Ugrians: Khanty, Mansi
Read pp. 10-16; also read M notes on the Khanty-Mansi.
Look at the M map of native peoples of Western Siberia and M map of native peoples of Eastern Siberia as well as the maps on pages 17 and 387. Consult these maps regularly during the next few weeks as we discuss Native Siberian groups; memorize the locations of all ethnic groups (both pre-colonial and modern) as soon as they are discussed.
Also look at M sheet of terms to know (all these you will need to know for TEST I).
Sept. 29 - Tuesday
The Samoyedic peoples: Nenets, Enets, Nganasan, Selkup
Read pp. 16-19; also read M notes on the Samoyedic Peoples.
Sept. 30 - Wednesday
The Ket and other Yeniseian peoples
Read pp. 19-21: also read M notes on the Kets
Oct. 1 - Thursday
The ancient Turks and the Westn Siberian Tatars
Read M notes on the West-Siberian Tatars, and M Chronology of steppe empires. At this point memorize only half the information on Indo-European and Turkic peoples.
Oct. 2 - Friday
Peoples of Altai, Shor, Khakas
Read pp. 123-130; alo read M notes on the Altai, Shor, Khakas.
Oct. 5 - Monday
Tuva and Tofalars
Oct. 6 - Tuesday
Mongols and Buryats
Read pp. 84-108: also read M notes on the Mongols and Buryats.
Reread M Chronology of Steppe Empires, memorize all information on Mongol peoples.
Oct. 7 - Wednesday
Central-Siberian forest peoples: Ewenki and Ewen
Read pp. 48-55; also read M notes on the Ewenki and Ewen.
Oct. 8 - Thursday
The Yakut and Dolgan
Read pp. 55-57; also read M notes on the Yakut and Dolgan.
Oct. 9 - Friday
REVIEW FOR TEST: Read M Test One Study Guide and M sheet of terms to know.
Oct. 12 - Monday
Test I (Covers the native peoples of Siberia and basic material from the first few lectures)
Oct. 13 - Tuesday
Russian-Native interaction up to 1400
Read M notes on Periods of Russian History, and textbook pp. 1-6.
Oct. 14 - Wednesday
Russian expansion into Western Siberia, 1400-1584Read pp. 21-47; also read M sheet on Early Russian/Native Siberian relations.
Oct. 15 - Thursday
Russian penetration of Central Siberia
Read pp. 57-69. (Familiarize yourself with the names and locations of major Russian towns and cities in Siberia.)
Oct. 16 - Friday
Yukagir
Read pp. 69-75; also read M notes on the Yukagir
Oct. 19 - Monday
Chukchi
Read pp. 75-83; Also read M notes on the Chukchi
Oct. 20 - Tuesday
Native Peoples of Kamchatka (Korak and Itelmen)
Read pp. 131-136; also read M notes on Korak and Itelmen
Oct. 21 - Wednesday
Yupik (Asiatic Eskimo) and Aleut
Read pp. 136-140; also read M notes on the Yupik and Aleut
Oct. 22 - Thursday
Siberian origins of Native Americans: Native Alaskans
Read pp. 140-153: also read M notes on Siberian origins of Native Americans and M notes on the Tlingit
Oct. 23 - Friday
Russians in Alaska and the North Pacific
Read pp. 109-123
Oct. 26 - Monday
The oldest aborigines of the Far East: Nivkh and Ainu
Read pp. 206-211; also read M notes on the Nivkh and Ainu
Oct. 27 - Tuesday
Tungusic peoples of the Far East: Negidal, Nanai, Ulchi, Oroch, Orok, Udegei
Read pp. 211-214; also read M notes on peoples of Russia's Maritime Province
Oct. 28 - Wednesday
Review for the Test
Read your manual's Test Two Study Guide carefully before test
Oct. 29 - Thursday
Test II
(Covers Peoples of the North Pacific Rim and also Russians in North Asia.)
Oct. 30 - Friday
Native Siberia and the Far East under tsarist rule
Read pp. 154-185, 201-206, 214-228
Nov. 2 - Monday
Native Siberia during the Russian Revolution and under Lenin, 1917-24.
Optional reading: pp. 240-260.
Nov. 3 - Tuesday
The Committee of the North: aboriginal Siberia’s best chance for survival in a modern world (1924-32).
Optional reading: pp. 260-282.
Nov. 4 - Wednesday
Collectivization and Russianization under Stalin (1928-53).
Optional reading: pp. 283-346, but pay special attention to the map on p. 285.
Nov. 5 - Thursday
The Far East and Inner Asia 1905-1949.
Read pp. 347-362.
Nov. 6 - Friday
The peoples of Central Asia: Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Tajik
Read M notes on the peoples of Central Asia. Read pp. 185-200.
Nov. 9 - Monday
Pastoral minorites in China.
Read M materials on periods of Chinese History and M notes on the Manchu, Tungusic, Mongol peoples in China, M materials on the Turkic minorities in China. Memorize the information on the M map of languages of China Today and the M fact sheet on Minorities of North China Today.
Nov. 10 - Tuesday
The Collapse of Communism and its aftermath in North and Inner Asia today.
Read pp. 362-392.
Nov. 11 - Wednesday
Veterans Day Holiday
Nov. 12 - Thursday
Review for test
Nov. 13 - Friday
TEST III (Soviet Era North and Central Asia and pastoralists of Central Asia and China)
Read your manual's Test Three Study Guide carefully before the test.
Nov. 16 - Monday
Farmers and pastoralists in ancient Southwest Asia
Read web info on Hebrews at: http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch04.htm
Arabs at: http://www.oneworldmagazine.org/focus/deserts/hittmai1.htm
Nov. 17 - Tuesday
Origins and spread of Islam
Read first several paragraphs of: http://www.barkati.net/english/ up to "North Africa and Spain"
Nov. 18 - Wednesday
The Sunni/Shi'ite split
Read: http://www.islamfortoday.com/shia.htm (through "Shias today")
Nov. 19 - Thursday
Turks in South Asia: Seljuks and Crusaders
Read: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0849746.html (through "Successor states")
Nov. 20 - Friday
The Mongol World Empire
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire (open and read the list of links under 'contents')
Nov. 21 - Monday
Batu and the Golden Horde
Nov. 22 - Tuesday
Hulagu and the conquest of Baghdad
Read: http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/ihame/Sec11.htm Qubilai, conqueror of China. Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Dynasty
Nov. 23 - Wednesday
Tamerlane and the end of the Mongol era
Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 30 - Monday
The Manchus
Read: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHING/MANCHU.HTM (be sure to open and read the next two windows, as well.
Dec. 1 - Tuesday
The Ottoman Turks
Dec. 2 - Wednesday
Europeans in Southwest Asia - the 20th Century
Dec. 3 - Thursday
The Legacy of Pastoral Nomadism and the Modern Middle East
Dec. 4 - Friday
Final Review
Read Final Study Guide. Final will cover only material since Test II.
Final Exam (actually just test four) - given in our regular classroom on the date and time listed in the Schedule of Classes, which is Tuesday, Dec. 8, 8-10am. Only covers material from the last quarter of our class material (that which was presented since Test II).
Study Guides
Test One Study Guide
Test Two Study Guide
Test Three Study Guide
Final Study Guide