Voyages of Ibn Battuta
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Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah, commonly known as Ibn Battuta (1304–1368/1369) was a Berber explorer and scholar, and among the most well-travelled people of his time, reaching further than Marco Polo had a few decades earlier. His journeys were a showcase of the Islamic Golden Age.
UnderstandIbn Battuta came from a family of legal scholars, and he was trained in that field.
DestinationsThe Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca was Ibn Battuta's first long journey, starting in 1325. He travelled overland, at first alone but later joining various pilgrim caravans.
The RihlaAfter the West African journey, he settled in Tangier, worked as a judge, and wrote a book:
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