DOCUMENT RESUME ED 460 053 SO 033 487 TITLE Spotlight on Inner Asia: The Bizarre Bazaar. Teacher and Student Resource Guide. INSTITUTION American Forum for Global Education, New York, NY. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, DC. ISBN ISBN-0-944675-68-9 PUB DATE . 2000-00-00 NOTE 291p.; Funded by a Title VI Grant. AVAILABLE FROM American Forum for Global Education, 120 Wall Street, Suite 2600, New York, NY 10005 ($45 plus $6 shipping/handling). Tel: 800-813-5056 (Toll Free); Fax: 212-624-1412; e-mail:
[email protected]; Web site: http://www.globaled.org/order.html. PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Learner (051)-- Guides Classroom - Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Asian History; *Asian Studies; Class Activities; Classroom Techniques; Foreign Countries; *Geographic Regions; Learning Activities; Non Western Civilization; *Regional Characteristics; Secondary Education IDENTIFIERS *Asia (Central); *Asia (Inner); Asian Culture; Global Issues; Mongols ABSTRACT Inner and Central Asia extends as far east as central China and as far west as areas in the Middle East. The changing empires over time (as well as the "shifting sands" of the geographic landmass) made it difficult to consider this as a single area. Moreover, the cultural exchanges which took place across this landmass, the transport of ideas as well as goods, and the "timelessness" as well as the contemporary relevance, all make the task even more difficult to categorize. A person can enter a bazaar, which is "centerless," from many directions and wander through, exiting from a totally different door. The plan is to enter the bazaar delineated in this resource guide through any of these gates: the early history of inner Asia; the Silk Road; the Mongol Empire; Islam; playing the Great Game; or in the modern period.