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Background #1 S 1

Background #1 S 1. Born in Tangier, Morocco in 1304 C.E. Began at age 21 Traveled all over the world Traveled total distance of about 75,000 miles Wrote journals recounting his travels. Travels #1 Q 2.

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Background #1 S 1

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  1. Background #1S 1 • Born in Tangier, Morocco in 1304 C.E. • Began at age 21 • Traveled all over the world • Traveled total distance of about 75,000 miles • Wrote journals recounting his travels TT

  2. Travels #1Q 2 • “In the course of his first Journey, IbnBattuta travelled through Algiers, Tunis, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria.” TT

  3. Travels #1S 2 • Visited many places (see 1stnotecard) he then performed his first Hajj • Then traveled over sea to Yemen, visited Aden and set sail to East Africa • Then he returned to Mecca to perform his 2nd Hajj TT

  4. Travels #1S 2 • Set out for India, but changed his mind and went back to Cairo, Palestine, and Syria instead • Traveled to Black Sea and crossed it • Eventually reached Constantinople through the Southern Ukraine TT

  5. Travels #1P 2-3 • Went to Khurasan through Khiva and visited Bukhara, Balkh, Heart, Tus, Mashhad, and Nishapur. • Crossed Hindukush mountains into Afghanistan and later into India • Travelled through India until he reached Delhi • Stayed in Delhi for several years with Sultan Mohammad Tughlaq TT

  6. Travels #1P 3 • The Saltan sent IbnBattuta to be his envoy to China • Travelled through India he took a ship to Goa (India) • Eventually reached Maldive islands and then Ceylon • Landed on the Ma’bar coast and he set sail for Bengal (in China during that time) TT

  7. Travels #1P 3 • Sailing along the Malabar coast he reached the Maldive islands, and then Canton • In China he went north east to Dhafari, Muscat, Paris (in Iran), Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt • Then made his 7th and final Hajj in 1348 CE • Returned to his hometown of Fez • Later traveled to Muslim Spain and the Niger region TT

  8. Impact 1Q&S 2-3 • “The variety and expenditure of the religious endowments at Damascus are beyond computation” • Writes about cultures and structure of different society’s and analyses them TT

  9. Impact #1P 5 • His writings about sea voyages and shipping help show the Muslim’s domination on the waters of the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and the Chinese waters. • Showed that in Muslim society Christians were slightly restricted but overall were not treated to unfairly TT

  10. Impact #1S 5-6 • IbnBattuta traveled over 75,000 miles, much more than Marco Polo • However he is rarely mentioned in textbooks • One of the greatest contributors to geographic study • But his work is not very easy to access by the average person TT

  11. Background #2S 8 • Traveled for 29 years throughout the Middle East and Asia • Crossed multiple continents • Tripled the travels of Marco Polo (traveled 75,000 miles) • Through 44 countries TT

  12. Travels #2Q 8 • “I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making the Pilgrimage to [Mecca]… to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests.” • IbnBattuta writings about leaving his home to travel TT

  13. Travels #2Q 9 • “An unattractive village… the water is brackish and the place is plagued with flies.” • IbnBattutadescibes one Saharan town in a very negative tone • Even though one might think he would have grown accustomed to this throughout his years of travel TT

  14. Travels #2P 9 • IbnBattuta did not always enjoy traveling (see last card) • He always found the richest and most powerful Muslims in a community to provide him with clean accommodations • In return he would tell his stories and speak of his life TT

  15. Travels #2S 10 • While in the village of FuwaIbnBattuta had an odd dream • He dreamed he was “on the wing of a huge bird… which flew in the direction of [Mecca], then made toward the Yemen.” • Woke up and found that the town mystic knew of his dream • Decided to follow the dream and went to Mecca TT

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