Tropical Africa and Asia (1200 – 1500) Ibn Battuta 1. Young Muslim scholar 2. Completed the pilgrimage to mecca 3. logged 75‚000 miles of travel in 29 years 4. Powerful states and commercial systems were only made possible by local farmers‚ fishermen and pastoralists Tropical Lands and Peoples The Tropical Environment 1. Africa lies almost entirely within the tropics‚ as do southern Arabia‚ most of India and all of the Southeast Asian mainland and islands 2. In the lands around
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy‚ in a wealthy and merchant family. In 1260‚ the first journey east of Marco Polo’s father and uncle‚ Nicolo and Maffeo Polo‚ set out and they arrived at the court of Kublai Khan in 1265. The Polos brought 100 European priests to Kublai Khan according to the suggestion and they returned to Venice in 1269. In 1271‚ Marco Polo had his first journey when he was 15 years old after his mother’s death. He departed with his father and uncle to China and they
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every vice and more inclined than before to evil and wickedness‚ not thinking of death nor of the past plague nor of their own salvation.” (doc. 6) Christians were throwing away their religion and were slipping into a life of wickedness and evil. Ibn Battuta describes in that “(As a result of the plague) the people fasted for three successive days… (Afterward they) assembeled in the Great mosque until it was filled to overflowing… and
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uniqueness in the style and development (mud and wooden struts) exclusive to the Malian Empire and surrounding regions. (Robinson 45) In addition to architecture‚ laws followed in accordance to the holy Quran are noted with praise in a report from Ibn Battuta dated 1352‚ translated by Robert
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SSWHda: Explain the origins of Islam and the growth of the Islamic Empire. Essential Question: – Who was Muhammad & how did Islam unite the Arab people? Overview of Islam • Around 600 AD‚ a new monotheistic religion began called Islam: – The faith was founded by the prophet Muhammad – His followers‚ called Muslims‚ spread Islam throughout the Middle East‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ & Europe By 750 AD‚ Muslim leaders built an empire Muslim scholars focused on learning & developed numerous cultural achievements
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Although often misunderstood‚ fundamentally‚ Islam is similar to other major world religions because of its views regarding devotion‚ moral code‚ and patriarchy. Although Islam lies at the opposite end of the religious spectrum than Hindu‚ based on the comparison of monotheism to polytheism‚ the parallels that Islam shares with other beliefs are enough that even the Islam Sufis argued that Christianity and Islam were two versions of the same religion (430‚ 431). The Islamic devotion to Muhammad
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but they lost. In Jack Weatherford ’s “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World”‚ Genghis Khan ’s conquest were made possible by his brilliant military strategies. He was ingenious at getting ideas from different travelers he met‚ such as Marco Polo. He also used traditional Mongol military tactics and more “modern” tactics such as guns. The territory Genghis Khan conquered was made possible mostly by his political abilities and partially by some new weapons. He allowed people he conquered
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“Cities and Signs” of Calvino’s Invisible Cities In page 15 of Invisible Cities‚ Marco Polo makes his way towards the city of Tamara. His observation of signs before entering Tamara has lost its personality upon entering the city. In the outskirts of Tamara‚ Marco Polo sees signs that are not at first glance obvious: an imprint of a tiger‚ stream‚ and flower. He recognizes these signs because it invokes some sort of emotion within him; the imprint of a tiger invokes fear in the possibility of dying
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Firstly you will be reading about Marco Polo secondly about Christopher Columbus and lastly Ferdinand Magellan. These explorers have all changed the world by adding to the world map and proving things that no one else has discovered or seen before Marco Polo Marco Polo was a voyager‚ born in Venice‚ Italy. He was born on September 15th 1254 and he died at the age of 70 on the 8th January 1324. He was the son of a merchant who traded a lot in Asia. Marco polo lived in Venice‚ which was on of
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HIST 325: PRECOLONIAL AFRICA Winter 2013 – TR 6:00-7:20pm‚ McKenzie 214 – CRN 23274 Version 1.00‚ 7 Jan 2013 Professor: Dr. L. F. Braun Office: 311 McKenzie Hall Telephone: x6-4838 on-campus. Email: lfbraun@uoregon.edu Office hours: T 2:00-4:00pm & by appt. Overview and Objectives Africa is central to human history. It is the continent where our species arose‚ where some of the greatest ancient civilizations throve‚ and where dynamic‚ complex‚ and innovative cultures confronted a variety of social
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