• • Marco Polo - In the late 13th century‚ Marco Polo left his home in Venice‚ and eventually traveled for many years in China. He was accompanied by his father and uncle‚ who were merchants anxious to stimulate trade between Venice along the trade routes east. Polo met the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan (Genghis Khan’s grandson)‚ who was interested in his travel stories and convinced
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places where Muslims had to go to make religious pilgrimages. Ibn Jubayr‚ a Spanish Muslim traveler and geographer‚ said that Damascus was an important religious city because Allah gave Jesus and his mother refuge in Damascus which brought the city great honor (Doc 1). Al-Ya’qubi‚ Arab historian and geographer‚ explained the importance of the pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims‚ which citizens of Syria were forbidden to make because Abdullah ibn Zubayr tended to seize the caliph’s citizens while on their
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cultural and ecological differences prolodging for Muhammad ibn Abdullah Ibn Battuta (IB-uhn mote trade‚ and in turn how did trade and other ba-TOO-tuh) (1304–1369)‚ a young Muslim scholar from contacts promote state growth and the spread Morocco who had set out to explore the Islamic world. of Islam? With a pilgrimage to Mecca and travel throughout the ■ What social and cultural changes are reflected Middle East behind him‚ Ibn Battuta was touring the in the history of peoples living in tropical
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As Wolfe describes it‚ thousands of Muslims flocked to reach the holy city of Mecca each year. He uses the accounts of two travelers‚ Ibn Battuta and Ibn Jubayr‚ to explain the journey of the people who went to the hajj. It is important to note that Ibn Jubayr went on the journey a century before Ibn Battuta and Ibn Jubayr spent years on the journey while Ibn Battuta spent three months. These differences are important because it shows how the journeys became more faster over the
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Travis Wood How Barbaric Were The “Barbarians?” AAuthor PPlace and Time PPrior Knowledge AAudience RReason TMain Idea SSignificance Doc. C A John of Plano Carpini PBetween 1245 and 1247 in Karakorum PMongols were skilled warriors AStudents learning about Mongols RTo document the Mongol Army TThe Mongol Army was set up with captains over groups of ten who were group in intervals of ten. STo document the activities of the Mongol Army Doc. D AJohn of Plano Carpini
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of literature and sciences took place there (Doc 2). A document from an unbiased citizen from a region other than Cordoba is needed to test if Al-Hijara’s statements about Cordoba’s achievements are true. The Spanish Muslim traveler and geographer Ibn Jubayr believed that Damascus was one of the most spectacular‚ breathtaking cities and that even Arab desert dwelling nomads considered it a paradise (Doc 1). A conversation between scholar Abd al-Rahman and poet Al-Jahiz reveals that Abd al-Rahman
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Document 3: The Alchemy of Happiness‚ Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali. - discusses the relationship between God and his followers. - portrayed as a short story with the inquiry of the Prophet. [ unified ] Document 4: Book of the Maghrib by Ibn Said‚ 13th century. - portrays the conflicts the Iberian peninsula‚ Andalus‚ had to face. - during three centuries and a half‚ Andalus reached an utmost degree of power and prosperity under the rule of princes of the dynasty. [ divided ] Document
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organized form of government they brought‚ and finally‚ the spread of their culture through trading and invasions throughout the Post-Classical world. Firstly‚ the expansion of the Islamic empire kept growing and its prosperity was never lacking. Marco Polo‚ himself‚ observed the city of Tabriz‚ which was an urban area belonging to the province of Azerbaijan‚ a Muslim area. “The inhabitants support themselves principally from commerce and manufacture” (Doc. 5). This quote from the document shows that
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educated‚ and had protection. Key Evidence & Support The gold and salt trade. Kingdom of Ghana gaining power and wealth‚ Mansa musa and his generosity. Benin figures were considered wonders; Leo Africanus described the well educated men in Timbuktu. Ibn Battuta writes about Mali’s no mercy to unjust people and their complete security. Group 1 Arab scholar‚ Al-Bakri writes about the ancient Ghana kingdoms rise to power and wealth by controlling the Saharan gold and salt trade between 700 and 1067. He tells
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There is much to be learned about societies throughout history just from reading the texts that originated from them. Hammurabi’s Code‚ Zarathustra’s teachings on Good and Evil‚ Laozi’s Living in Harmony with Dao and Ibn Battuta’s text on Customs all provide a narrative on different aspects of culture including religious practice‚ governance‚ architecture‚ and societal structure. Hammurabi’s Code illustrates the patriarchal society and the class system that was present in the Old Babylonian Empire
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