In the wake of accepting a training in Islamic law, Ibn Battuta set out in 1325, at 21 years old, to perform a pilgrimage journey to Mecca and to proceed with his studies in the East. He arrived at Mecca in 1326. This voyage stimulated in him the enthusiasm to see the world. From Mecca he departed to Iraq and western part of Persia the extent that Tabriz and in 1327 returned through Baghdad to Mecca, where he put in the following 3 years. Ibn Battuta then went by boat along the Red Sea shores to Yemen and from Aden to Mogadishu and the East African exchanging …show more content…
Times of 1000 to 1500 saw the increment of Muslim regions and populaces crosswise over western Africa, the distance to the oceans of China. One would accept that this would be one of the primary themes of world history of the time in history books, yet it is most certainly not. Ross E. Dunn, a recognized researcher of Ibn Battuta analyzed numerous history books taught at schools in the United States. In these books, he observed that they neglected to portray the significance of Islamic domains. The books portray different civilizations in subtle element and depict Islamic developments as a minor trademark or part of these different human advancements. Dunn composes, "For the hundreds of years after 1000 to 1200, the proceeding with accomplishments of Islam have a tendency to be disregarded in so far as they are no more seen as impacting the course of Western history in critical