The Incredible Medieval Traveller Who Outshone Marco Polo
840K views · Aug 1, 2023 · Education
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@heroesandlegends · 3 years ago · pinned
This video is a revised and visually re-worked version of a previous one that had to be taken down. I took the opportunity to correct some errors that were picked up on by viewers and hopefully this one will be OK. Enjoy!
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@KamikazeKatze666 · 3 years ago
This would make a fantastic multi-season HBO show.
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@MistressQueenBee · 3 years ago
One of the finest and generally entertaining pieces of history I have watched on YouTube.
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@hunterwelker · 3 years ago (edited)
there's something so interesting about when historical events in different places line up. and how Ibn Battuta connected these different histories. It's like travelling through a history book of Egypt, then looking through a portal to see what was going on in China, then jumping over to Africa etc
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@rachida8036 · 3 years ago
Ibn battuta our Moroccan hero 🇲🇦❤️
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@AnyoneCanSee · 2 years ago
Maybe in the 20th century, most Europeans didn't know about Ibn Battuta, but now he is very well known. In Dubai, the largest shopping mall is named after him. They named a crater on the Moon after him. So he pops up in the press and all sorts of places in modern Western culture.<br>I tried to develop a documentary about him years ago. I wanted it to be a little like the Michael Palin documentaries where a modern Muslim comic travelled in his footsteps and you learned about what the world was like at the time and saw the same places today. I thought it was a great idea and they eventually did something like it but not with me involved.
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@roelienpostma2367 · 3 years ago (edited)
The reader shows amazement about the hospitality Batuta finds on his travels. Well i traveled through Vietnam for three months, and stayed at peoples houses many times. They prepared their best foods, and gifted me custom made clothes! A dress, traditional costume and coat! In one village i had to eat and sleep in a different house every day! Also in other countries i have met heartwarming hospitality, and whenever i can i try to be as wellcoming as possible!
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@cosmyccowboy · 3 years ago (edited)
Battuta was a traveling man is the understatement of the day
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@terinn7115 · 3 years ago
I can't tell you how impressed I am with this video. The amount of time, attention, research that you devoted to this nugget is very much appreciated by me. I found it edifying and entertaining. Thank you.
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@cart-icarus · 1 year ago
His mother dying months before he got back is so heart breaking
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@paulleverton9569 · 3 years ago
Ibn Battuta visited Granada in 1350. I can't imagine how beautiful the Alhambra was back then.<br>I was breathless at the sight of it in 1992, the 500th anniversary of all non-Christians being forced to leave.<br>Walking away from such a wonderful place, after calling it home for centuries, must have been heartbreaking.
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@blixten2928 · 3 years ago
I love the way you use movie footage, contemporary and 19th century paintings, and computer re-constructions in the background. It has to be done so carefully, as so many of these are unreliable / anachronistic / purely imaginary: and you pull it off! Also, the maps are super. Well done, kudos from a history professor!
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