The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the 14th century /
A retelling of a great traveler's remarkable career, presented within the cultural and social context of Islamic society as both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times.
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Language: English
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
�2005.
Edition: Rev. ed. with a new pref.
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Call Number: G93.I24 D86 2005
| Summary: | A retelling of a great traveler's remarkable career, presented within the cultural and social context of Islamic society as both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-343) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520243859 0520243854 |