This course examines the history of modern Eurasia from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present, focusing on interconnections between empires and polities in the post-Mongol space (Russia, China, the Ottoman lands; Central Asia, Iran; India, and Northeast Asia). Lectures take up questions of colonialism and conquest empires; inter-imperial competition; borderlands and minorities; wars and imperial dissolution; and the transformation of governance and institutions after revolutions. Intended to serve as a gateway for students interested in trans-regional area studies and history, this course is paired with an Übung (33150b) that emphasizes work with primary sources in translation.