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Ibn Battuta in Black Africa: Expanded Edition for the 700th Anniversary of Ibn Battuta's Birth
Hardcover
$69.95
By Muhammad B. Ibn Battuta, Noel Quinton King (Editor), Said Hamdun (Editor), Noel Quinton King (Editor)
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Abu Abdalla ibn Battuta (1304–1354) was one of the greatest travelers of pre-modern times. He traveled to Black Africa twice. He reported about the wealthy, multi-cultural trading centers of the African East coast, such as Mombasa and Kilwa, and the warm hospitality he experienced in Mogadishu. He also visited the courts of Mansa Musa and neighboring states during its period of prosperity from mining and the trans-Saharan trade. He wrote disapprovingly of sexual integration in families and ...