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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:'Known as the greatest traveler of premodern times, Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta was born in Morocco in 1304 and educated in Islamic law. At the age of twenty-one, he left home to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. This was only the first of a series of extraordinary journeys that spanned nearly three decades and took him not only eastward to India and China but also north to the Volga River valley and south to Tanzania. The narrative of these travels has been known to specialists in Islamic and medieval history for years. Ross E. Dunn\'s 1986 retelling of these tales, however, was the first work of scholarship to make the legendary traveler\'s story accessible to a general audience. Now updated with revisions, a new preface, and an updated bibliography, Dunn\'s classic interprets Ibn Battuta\'s adventures and places them within the rich, trans-hemispheric cultural setting of medieval Islam.' Synopsis:Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. Synopsis:Known as the greatest traveler of premodern times, Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta was born in Morocco in 1304 and educated in Islamic law. At the age of twenty-one, he left home to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. This was only the first of a series of extraordinary journeys that spanned nearly three decades and took him not only eastward to India and China but also north to the Volga River valley and south to Tanzania. The narrative of these travels has been known to specialists in Islamic and medieval history for years. Ross E. Dunn's 1986 retelling of these tales, however, was the first work of scholarship to make the legendary traveler's story accessible to a general audience. Now updated with revisions, a new preface, and an updated bibliography, Dunn's classic interprets Ibn Battuta's adventures and places them within the rich, trans-hemispheric cultural setting of medieval Islam. About the AuthorRoss E. Dunn is Professor of History at San Diego State University. Table of ContentsLIst of Maps Preface Acknowledgements The Muslim Calendar A Note on Money List of Abbreviations Used in Footnotes Introduction 1. Tangier 2. The Maghrib 3. The Mamluks 4. Mecca 5. Persia and Iraq 6. The Arabian Sea 7. Anatolia 8. The Steppe 9. Delhi 10. Malabar and the Maladives 11. China 12. Home 13. Mali 14. The Rihla Glossary Bibliography Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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