AT THE TIME BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY, THE TRANSPORTATION ON SEA WAS AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR CONNECTING LARGE PART OF EACH ASIAN AREA. USUALLY THE SEA ROUTE IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE CUT BY ANY POWERS OF THE LAND. THEREFORE IT IS EASY TO FEEL THAT IN ANYWHERE THE WATER OF SEA IS JOINING WITH EACH OTHER. BY THIS NATURAL CONDITION, IF WE SEE THE MARITIME HISTORY AS A WHOLE, WE CAN UNDERSTAND A GLOBAL CULTURE IN ASIA WITHOUT BORDER OF NATIONS OR ETHNICITIES. ESPECIALLY, WE WANT TO SEE SUCH CULTURE BY MATERIAL EVIDENCES FOR ASIAN MARITIME HISTORY DUE TO LIMITED RECORDS BEFORE EUROPEAN ARRIVAL. FOR SUCH PURPOSE, UNDERSTANDING OF ASIAN MARITIME HISTORY, IN THIS COURSE, WILL BE TAUGHT BY AN OUTLINE OF ASIAN CERAMIC TRADE HISTORY IN 3 STEPS: BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF TRADE CERAMICS EXCEPT CHINESE WARES, HOLISTIC CHRONOLOGICAL CHANGE (TIME), AND SPECIAL TOPICS.