Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan Sunni Islamic scholar who traveled the world in the 14th century for almost 30 years, an Islamic Marco Polo. And like Marco Polo, he wrote several extensive accounts of his many adventures.
With that as background, enter Carolyn McIntyre, who’s right now retracing Ibn Battuta’s travels and blogging about it here (RSS). She’s blogged some fascinating observations and pictures about the route, the people, and the politics, from then to now. Are we really more “civilized” than the 14th century, or just more learned?
