The Travels of Ibn Battuta
in the Near East, Asia and Africa, 1325-1354
The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time, Ibn Battuta was born into a family of highly respected religious judges and educated as a theologian. Leaving his native city of Tangier in 1326, he traveled — over the next several years — to East Africa, Byzantium, Iraq, southern Russia, India, Ceylon, and China. His account of the journey, dictated on his return, not only provides vivid accounts of an odyssey that took him to exotic lands, but a…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Lee, Samuel (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-486-12304-2
- EAN: 0800759123049
- Produktnummer: 20518381
- Verlag: Guilford Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 13'534 KB
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Ibn Battuta. Translated and Edited by Rev. Samuel Lee
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