Week 2: “Chinese” and “Non-Chinese”

The Making of Inner Asia

I. Logic of Engagement

  1. Geography
  2. Economy
  3. Social organization

II. History of Engagement

  1. The first empire—Qin (221-207 BCE) . . . Han (207 BCE–220 CE) . . . Xiongnu . . . tributary system
  2. Period of disunity—Northern Wei (386–534 CE) . . . Tabgach/Tuoba/Xianbei
  3. The second empire—Tang (618–907) . . . Silk Road . . . Bohai . . . Khitans . . . Turks . . . Uighurs . . . Tibet . . . Nanzhao

III. At the (Tang) Empire’s End

  1. Decentering China—Khitans . . . Tanguts . . . Jurchens

Two Sons of Heaven

I. Context

  1. Disintegration of the Tang (618–907) empire
  2. The confederations of Inner Asia
  3. “Five dynasties and ten kingdoms”

II. The Song state (960–1276)

  1. Background—Later Zhou (951–960) . . . Zhao Kuangyin (r. 960–976)
  2. Nature of the Song state
  3. Major concerns

III. The Khitan/Liao state (ca. 907–1125)

  1. Background
  2. Nature of the Liao state
  3. Relations with the Song and other neighboring states

IV. The Tangut/Xia state

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