History and coulture of Silk Road

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Course ID:	3101-DWJED-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	History and coulture of Silk Road
Name in Polish:	Historia i kultura Jedwabnego Szlaku
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Archeology
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) patrz nożej
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Lecture focuses on issues connected to the development of trade routes and cross-cultural contacts in Asia from antiquity to the colonial era.
Full description:	Lecture focuses on issues connected to the development of trade routes and cross-cultural contacts in Asia from antiquity to the colonial era. During classes questions connected to the following areas will be discussed: -Geography of the communication roads in Asia; land and maritime trade routes -Chronology and history of formation of the long distance trade routes -History of research -Main trading goods -Migration of religions and ideas -Main trade centres, their art and architecture -Contemporaneous research problems Bibliography: Reading will be suggested during the lectures.
Bibliography:	Reading will be suggested during the lectures.
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course, student has a basic knowledge about actual state of research on the formation and development of the trade routes in Asia and understand contemporaneous research problems connected to these issues. He/She has basic knowledge about geography and history of the main communication routes, production and distribution of trading goods as well as cultural and social processes stimulated by the trade contacts in Asia. He/She knows and understand Basic terms connected to these subjects and is able to deepen his/her knowledge basing on information gained in the classroom, using the relevant literature.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written test consisting of approximately 20 closed questions and questions concerning the iconographic material presented on the illustrations (100%)

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