HIS 2221 - The Chinese Renaissance

Credits: 4
Examination of the profound economic, political, social, philosophical, religious, artistic, and technological developments in the Song Empire (960-1279). Readings in scholarly articles and translated primary documents will reveal a flourishing culture of subtle perception and startling achievement that resembles the European Renaissance both in many of its particulars and in its general significance for human civilization.
Cross-listed with Cross Cultural Studies 2221.