HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Ibn Sina
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Ibn Battuta
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Mansa Musa
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Muhammad
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1325, the year after Marco Polo’s death, another young traveler, Ibn Battuta, embarked on a tour of Asia and Africa that lasted nearly 30 years. His travels took him throughout the Islamic world. In total, he traveled an astonishing 75, 000 miles, much more than Marco Polo.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ibn Battuta was a medieval Muslim traveler who wrote one of the world’s most famous travel logs, the Riḥlah. This work describes the people, places, and cultures he encountered in his journeys along some 75, 000 miles (120, 000 km) across and beyond the Islamic world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler. He was known for his traveling and undertaking excursions called the Rihla. His journeys lasted for a period of almost thirty years, covering nearly the whole of the known Islamic world and beyond.