The Travels of Ibn Battuta
by:
Ibn Battuta (author)
A.D.H. Bivar (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780904180671 (0904180670)
Publish date: January 1st 2001
Publisher: Hakluyt Society
Pages no: 164
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Africa,
Science,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Geography,
Religion,
Islam
I took a World History survey course as a sophomore in college and this was the textbook. Really opens your eyes to society and culture in the ancient world. We're so used to learning the Western tradition in our educational system that to see the world from a Muslim's perspective was enlightening...