The Adventures of Ibn Battuta (eBook)

A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century, With a New Preface

Ross E. Dunn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
400 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-95161-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times.

Inhalt

List of Maps
Preface to the 2012 Edition
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
The Muslim Calendar
A Note on Money
List of Abbreviations Used in Notes
Introduction
1. Tangier
2. The Maghrib
3. The Mamluks
4. Mecca
5. Persia and Iraq
6. The Arabian Sea
7. Anatolia
8. The Steppe
9. Delhi
10. Malabar and the Maldives
11. China
12. Home
13. Mali
14. The Rihla
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Biography • great traveler • historical context • human struggles • Islam • medieval times • political and social commentary • Religion • religion and travel • remarkable career
• ISBN-10: 0-520-95161-1 / 0520951611
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-95161-7 / 9780520951617