Places Visited By Ibn Battuta
Over his lifetime Ibn Battuta traveled over 73,000 miles (117 500 km) and visited the equivalent of 44 modern countries, here is a list.
Arab Maghreb
Arab Mashriq
Spain
Byzantine Empire and Eastern Europe
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Central Asia
South Asia
China
Southeast Asia
Somalia
Swahili Coast
Mali Empire and West Africa
Mauritania
During most of his journey in the Mali Empire, Ibn Battuta travelled with a retinue that included slaves, most of whom carried goods for trade but would also be traded as slaves. On the return from Takedda to Morocco, his caravan transported 600 female slaves, suggesting that slavery was a substantial part of the commercial activity of the empire. |
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