HIST 442 - The Indian Ocean in World History

(3 units)

Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor.
Examines the Indian Ocean from 600 CE to the nineteenth century from a world historical perspective. Emphasis is on how the Indian Ocean connected diverse regions, societies and polities, and facilitated the circulation and modification of commodities, cultural practices and ideas.

Both grading options. Double Numbered with: HIST 542