The Travels of Ibn Battuta

The 1200-1400s were a vibrant time for explorers. Starting with Marco Polo in the 1200s to Ibn Battuta in the 1300s and finally Zheng He in the 1400s, the European, African and Asian continents were be explored and journeyed upon. While Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta primarily journeyed by land (occasionally by sea), Zheng He was the admiral of a fleet of Chinese ships that traveled from China to Africa. There were other sea explorers from Mansa Musa's court with some traveling to South America. While most of Europe was still in their Dark Ages, the rest of the world was thriving. On the northern tip of west Africa is where our journey begins with Ibn Battuta. He was a Moroccan Muslim of Berber descent who set out on a journey to perform Hajj (one of the five pillars of Islam). The journey from north Africa to Makkah in the Arabian peninsula (modern day Saudi Arabia) began in 1324 and didn't end for over 20 years! Once Ibn Battuta left his home as a young man, we never saw his parents again. It took him about 1-2 years before performing Hajj which he was able to do multiple times in his life.
This unit study is on Ibn Battuta's life. It's a smaller unit study than what we normally do and accompanies our larger Silk Road unit study which has grown over the years to included several smaller units on the time period of about 600s to 1500 and spanning the areas from North and West Africa, to Arabia and Asia.

Check out the blog post that accompanies this video for more information and tutorials:
https://www.pepperandpine.com/the-travels-of-ibn-battuta/

Check out our Ibn Battuta and North Africa Unit Study:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSPY9ToLElY&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxyQmTXowsRJByZCcYBz3PNj

China Unit Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZDiTwy0fSk&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxxpdH-g1S5-cf5-nS3B1yKK

Silk Road Unit Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC2YDm4jy7k&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxzD-ARQHR8ttPn6VAzbT7eZ

Islamic Empire Unit Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxK5cemiemI&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxz1evmCq9EeELYcYjPBIIDH

Ibn Battuta Unit Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSPY9ToLElY&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxyQmTXowsRJByZCcYBz3PNj&index=1



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