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Ibn Battuta: Thirty Years on the Road
Ibn Battuta, The Rihla
The Modern Polymath@modern_polymath•2 min read
A Pilgrimage That Kept Going1 / 3
In 1325 a young man from Tangier set out for the pilgrimage to Mecca. Ibn Battuta did not come home for about twenty-four years, and kept travelling for years after that.
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Some journeys begin with one goal and turn into a whole life.
Across the Known World2 / 3
He travelled through North Africa, the Middle East, Anatolia, Central Asia, India and possibly as far as China, working as a judge and envoy along the way. His routes covered an enormous distance for the fourteenth century.
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Curiosity can be a career as much as a pastime.
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