Ibn Battuta

He explored in the north, navigating Alaska, which at the time was owned by Russia. His mission was the exploration of the North American and Siberian shores, which he eventually concluded were not connected. Ibn Battuta’s Travels: Battuta was a Muslim traveler throughout the 1300s, whose original goal was simply to go on a trip to the Muslim city Mecca, or a Hajj, but ended up traveling approximately 75,000 miles of Islamic Asia over the course of 29 years. His exploration…

China’s trade growth began as early as the Han dynasty between 202 BCE and 220 CE. This era brought expansion of Chinese territory and new connections with the Indian and Parthian civilizations to the West. As Chinese technology and culture advanced, greater international interactions facilitated the growth of trade. The products exported from China were very high quality specialized goods and commercial crops, like silk, porcelain, and oranges. China’s control of the trade networks directed the…

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shape the World The total amount of export and imports takes place across national borders in the world is amazing. According to International Monetary Fund, above $20 trillions of total goods and services will be exchanged each year in times to come. In 2008, United States alone have imported and exported over $4.5 trillion of goods and services. The US have traded virtually to every country in the world. It is true that Americans have imported chocolate from…

Madeleine Bell Per. 3 3.1 Unlike the Classical Era, trade networks in the post-Classical Era expanded in geographical range. They expanded due to the growth of trade in luxury goods such as silk and cotton textiles, the innovations in transportation and commercial technologies such as caravan organization, the use of a compass, larger ship designs,new forms of credit, and commercial infrastructures like the Grand Canal in China. 3.1.0.1 New technologies that accompanied these…

The Concept of Voyages and the Impact of Columbus’ Second Voyage on the Caribbean Introduction Historically, when speaking of voyages, emphasis is not placed on the term per se; rather, most historians denote the period depicting the age of discovery. Therefore, in a nut shell, voyages existed within this period of discovery, and were conducted for several reasons. History does not provide the exact date as to when this age begun. However, a consensus on the matter affords that the age of…

West African Empires that were prosperous, wealthy, and brotherly. They were sophisticated and as powerful as many other empires as well as enviable by the world for its vast resources and flourishing culture, best illustrated by Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta. However, when the white supremacists reached this civilization they ironically brought a stain to an enlightened society and seduced them into…

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