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Instructor: Robert Thorp
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Biography: Robert Thorp taught at Princeton and Washington University in St. Louis for 25 years followed by a second career as a tour lecturer in China and Japan. His publications include "Chinese Art and Culture" (2001), "China in the Early Bronze Age" (2006) and "Visiting Historic Beijing" (2008). He has visited China more than 50 times. |
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Before Marco Polo: China and the Silk Road
Long before Marco Polo visited Kublai Khan, China was linked to the cultures of Central Asia, Iran, India and the Mediterranean by the "Silk Road." From Han armies that engaged with steppe warriors (late second century B.C.) to Indian and Iranian merchants and monks who traded luxury goods and transmitted religious teachings in the Middle Ages, China was on the receiving end of distant cultures that had a profound impact on Chinese civilization. Recent archaeology has vastly expanded our understanding of these impacts and the peoples and places that contributed to the "Golden Age of Tang."
Instructor Bio: Bob Thorp taught at Princeton and Washington University in St. Louis for 25 years followed by a second career as a tour lecturer in China and Japan. His publications include "Chinese Art and Culture" (2001), "China in the Early Bronze Age" (2006) and "Visiting Historic Beijing" (2008). He has visited China more than 50 times. March 10-24, 2026, St Andrews Classroom
Instructor Bio: Bob Thorp taught at Princeton and Washington University in St. Louis for 25 years followed by a second career as a tour lecturer in China and Japan. His publications include "Chinese Art and Culture" (2001), "China in the Early Bronze Age" (2006) and "Visiting Historic Beijing" (2008). He has visited China more than 50 times. March 10-24, 2026, St Andrews Classroom
