Ibn+Battuta,+14th+Century+Muslim+Traveler

** Starting when he was 20 years-old, Ibn Battuta traveled the world for 29 years, covering 75,000 miles across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He has been called the world's greatest traveler. **
[|Ibn Battuta], Muslim Heritage.com

Ibn Battuta's 708th Birthday Google Doodle, February 25, 2012

[|Ibn Battuta: Muslim Traveling Judge], Kahn Academy

[|Ibn Battuta: The Greatest Traveler of the Middle Ages], Constitution Rights Foundation

[|Ibn Battuta: Explorer]from the Mariners Museum





Film and Video Resources
An Introduction to Ibn Battuta: The Greatest Traveler in History -A clear and concise video highlighting the main stops of Ibn's travels [|Ibn Battuta: The Man Who Walked Across the World], YouTube. (This is Part 1, and there are links on the page for Parts 2 and 3)

[|Ibn Battuta: The Journey], Vimeo

[|Curriculum Materials]from Stanford History Education Group

[|East Africa, as Seen by Ibn Battuta]: Lecture Notes

For more on the Silk Road and the exchange of trade and ideas, see
 * World History I.4
 * AP World History Key 3.1