Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic discipline
SPS/14 (HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS OF ASIA)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
AFRICAN AND ASIAN STUDIES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2017 - 27/05/2017)
Lesson hours
40 lesson hours
Course contents
The first part of the course provides an historical introduction to the Indian Ocean with particular attention to the commerce between India, the Gulf areas and the coastal regions of East Africa and the role played by Islam in the region.
The second part of the course concentrates on India’s efforts to control the Indian Ocean, on the importance of securing sea lanes and of acquiring facilities along the critical choke points, via its naval and maritime strategy and India’s necessity for energy resources and its access to the hydro-carbon reserves of East Africa.
Teaching methods
Frontal learning, class discussions and presentations
Reccomended or required readings
E. A. Alpers, The Indian Ocean in World History, Oxford University Press, 2014. Additional reading will be provided for every lecture topic.
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam
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