PREV

• Week 1: Introduction to the course
• Week 2: The land and people, Early nomadic tribes and their origin, The Rise of Nomadism and Oasis City-States
• Week 3: The Alexander the Great and the Rule, Religious Trends and Spread of Buddhism, Arrival of the Huns and The Turks Tribes
• Week 4: Early invasions of the Arabs, the Early Rule in Transoxania
• Week 5: Religious and Socio-Cultural Transformation of Central Asia
• Week 6: Samanid Rule Rulers and their Contribution to Science, Art and Culture
• Week 7: The Ghaznavid Dynasty, The Seljuks and their Contributions
• Week 8: Mid Term Examination
• Week 9: Amir Timur and Timurid Dynasty, Shaybani Uzbeks, Decline of Muslim Rule
• Week 10: The Khanates of Khiva, Bukhara and Khokend, Characteristics and nature of the era.
• Week 11: Russian Advance in Central Asia
• Week 12: Socio-economic, political and religious Conditions of Central Asia under Russians
• Week 13: The Great Game in the 19th Century, Resistance against Russian rule and the Nationalist Movement.
• Week 14: Soviet Era, Sovietization of Central Asia, The Socio-culture transformation of Central Asia
• Week 15: Disintegration of USSR and the Independence of Central Asian States
• Week: 16: Final Term Examination