Use this quiz and worksheet to check your knowledge of the travels of ibn battuta. Knowledge application use your knowledge to answer. Ibn battuta spent 24 years traveling the muslim world to meet scholars and rulers. On his return to morocco, where he finally settled, ibn buttuta had visited territories that now make up 44 countries and travelled 73,000 miles. Ibn battutas travels made him a witness to a broad array of ancient cultures as he travelled through some 44 modernday countries. The account of the travels of the muslim legal scholar ibn battuta in the first half of the 14th century reveals. All that is known about ibn battuta s life comes from the autobiographical information included in the account of his travels, which records that he was of berber descent, born into a family of islamic legal scholars in tangier, morocco, on 25 february 4, during the reign of the marinid dynasty.
A guided reader is a unique arabic literature and history textbook for students at the high intermediate to advanced level. Using a map of ibn battuta s journey, create squares that follow ibn battuta s journeys. The first excerpt is from the the saltworks at the oasis of taghaza and the second. His main reason to travel was to go on a hajj, or a pilgrimage to mecca, as all good muslims. His many journeys take him to new and interesting places far from home. The thirteenthcentury travels of marco polo and those of his fourteenthcentury muslim counterpart, ibn battuta. In this reading, students will read two excerpts from ibn battuta s travels. Feb 14, 2008 at the instigation of the sultan of morocco, abu inan faris, several years after his return, ibn battuta dictated an account of his journeys to a scholar named ibn juzayy, whom he had met while in granada. Ibn battutah, the moroccan who journeyed for a quartercentury across asia. Students research the explorers and create materials for a gallery walk that feature the impact. Ibn battuta was a voyager who visited many places during a time when transportation was primitive. The moroccan explorer ibn battuta traveled over 75,000 miles throughout the muslim world and beyond in the 14th century. Along the way, ibn battuta stayed at madrassas religious schools. The travels of ibn battutah edited by tim mackintosh.
Ibn battutas next stop was tunis, the capital of tunisia. Ibn battuta s stories about life in the middle ages give us a first hand account of historical events and ceremonies such as the one below. This the travels of ibn battuta lesson plan is suitable for 3rd 5th grade. He was born to a scholarly family, and he began his travels primarily for religious p. In the course of 29 years, he travelled across the eastern hemisphere for a total distance of roughly 116,800 km and he visited regions which today comprise 44 modern countries. Use the map of ibn battuta s travels side by side with modern maps, this listing of all the places ibn battuta visited, and other sources to answer the following questions. Kids and students learn about the biography of world traveler ibn battuta of the islamic empire including his early life, the rihla, his travels, and fun facts. Ibn battuta started on his travels when he was 20 years old in 25.
Before europes age of exploration, ibn battuta traveled across the old world, including north africa, south spain, the middle east, india, southeast asia, and china. Read it and write down the most important facts you may find. He sees many strange and wonderful things, has many funny and frightening experiences, and meets many different people along the way. Ibn battutah, the moroccan who journeyed for a quartercentury across asia and africa on the eve of the black death. By developing a quick understanding of the people they visited, they were able to avoid problems and successfully blaze a trail for others to establish trade routes later on.
One thing that muslims believed in was going on a pilgrimage, called a hajj, to the city of mecca. He was a great explorer, and traveled to many places around the world during the 14th century. Information recall access the knowledge youve gained regarding who ibn battuta was and his travels. It was one of several large online resource units nick constructed during the early days of curriculum on the internet. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible.
Historians have argued that ibn battuta may have made up at least some of his account. Ibn battuta travel to mali chapter 15 section 2 worksheet t1. May 25, 2012 short bio ibn battuta was born in a rich family in tangier, morocco. Ibn battuta longest hajj questions ibn battuta longest hajj readings. Gao kukia walata kangaba timbuktu marrakech sijilmasa s timbuktu s s g g g g ibn battutas travel route route of ibn battuta goldbearing.
His main reason to travel was to go on a hajj, or a pilgrimage to mecca, to fulfill the fifth pillar. Today, we used ibn battutas descriptions of his travels in north africa and the arabian peninsula to get a picture of the muslim world in the 14th century. Similarly, explorers like ibn battuta and marco polo learned about other cultures in their travels. Students, in groups, research the different areas that the 14th century islamic traveler ibn battuta visited. The trip by land from tangier to mecca was a 3,000 mile journey across the coastal plains, deserts, and mountains of mediterranean africa. Ibn battuta was the greatest traveler of the medieval period, and his narrative provides an unmatched view of medieval civilization from spain to china, and from russia to mali. A virtual tour began as a web resource written in 1999 by nick bartel for his students at horace mann middle school, san francisco, california. In25hebeganahajj,the muslimpilgrimagetomecca,whichbecameanepic24yearjourney. Ibn battuta travels in asia and africa 2554 by gibb. You will receive your score and answers at the end. I guess he needed a lot of time, since he travelled so much.
Read and learn for free about the following article. Look at the map of his travels and try to guess the answers to these questions. Explorers this category is for questions and answers related to ibn battuta, as asked by users of. Even though the journey was dangerous, pious muslim. The travels and journals of ibn battuta hofstra university. In this way ibn battuta, one of the greatest travelers in the world, begins telling his story to his nephew, ahmed. The basis for the worksheet will be the crash course video on the mongols. The travels of ibn battuta lesson plan for 3rd 5th grade. Ibn battuta 468 left his native city of tangier in morocco to begin a journey to the east that would take him a total of seventyfive thousand miles. Building a common background on ibn battuta and his travels.
This account, recorded by ibn juzayy and interspersed with the latters own comments, is the primary source of information for his adventures. When he was 21 years old, ibn battuta decided that it was time for his first pilgrimage. Like the trip to mecca, giving alms is a pillar of islam. Students will learn about this important historical figure with this cool worksheet that drills them on vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing.
Marco polo, by comparison, covered a mere 15 000 miles in his famed th century journey to china. Ibn battuta travel to mali chapter 15 section 2 worksheet. As a devout muslim, he praised the people for their study of the quran, he also criticized them for not following the islamic moral code. He returned to morocco to write about his lifetime of travels.
Tenth graders explore the impact of trade on culture. Ibn battuta was born in tangier, in what is now morocco. The governor of one city gave him alms gifts of gold and woolen cloth. In writing his rihla or book of travels at the behest of sultan abu inan, the marinid ruler of morocco, ibn battuta was aided by ibn. The wealth of material that ibn battuta wrote about his twoandahalf decades of world travel give modern day historians profound insights into how people around the world lived in the 0s. Answers very few of the questions on the worksheet. Which rivers, mountain ranges, and deserts did ibn battuta cross.
Dec 21, 2002 the travels of ibn battutahedited by tim mackintoshsmith 325pp, picador. Create a social media stream, with one person playing ibn battuta and others playing other people who show up in his account. See what you know about his travels by completing these assessments. Battutas and marco polos travels on asian trade and. Name the two rules ibn battuta made for himself only to visit the muslim world. The goal of the game is to complete a tour, like ibn battuta did. Which person traveled further, ibn battuta or marco polo.
Ibn battuta travels to egypt, syria and arabia at the age of 21, ibn battuta left tangier to make the hajj. After his studying, ibn battuta decided to make pilgrimage to mecca for hajj. Can we still rely ibn battutas account to learn about the context of the. After leaving the royal palace, ibn battuta visited timbuktu and other cities in mali. Mecca was 3000 miles away and the journey would take more then a year. In this lesson students read from the rihla, a book of ibn battuta s travels, and a presentday historians account to answer the question. Ibn battuta started on his travels in 25, when he was 20 years old. Instead of me creating a worksheet of questions for you, you guys will get to create your own for yourselves. Mar 07, 2017 ibn battuta longest hajj questions ibn battuta longest hajj readings. In the following slide, you will have a short biography of ibn battuta.
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