Ann Taylor Mohrmann
December 5, 2014
Dr. Uryadova
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, by Ross. E Dunn:
The Mechanics of Travel
Ibn Battuta, a world traveler, a writer, a lawyer. All of these occupations shaped the life and journey that we would share about in the rihla. The stories of his travels and why he started his journey in the first place are in this book, rihla. These journeys were not cheep and came with a very high price. Thankfully there were people along the way to give a helping hand to Ibn Battuta when he was in need. While some of these methods of traveling were dangerous it never seemed to stop him or slow him down.
The Rihla The Rihla, book of travels, was a “record of Ibn Battuta’s experiences, as well as his observations
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They could keep each other safe, as well as, provide for each other. “To sail east or west from one sea to the other was a more dangerous and exacting feat that the crossing.” (Dunn, 12) Because of the winds and other obstacles, such as, sandbars and reefs. Even though this method was more dangerous, the merchant ships were using this method more frequently. Dunn explains, “Whether by land or sea, getting to Mecca was a risky affair.” (Dunn, 29) If a traveler decided that sea was going to be his method of traveling, he would have to “brave storms, pirates, and hostile navies.” (Dunn, 29) For the safety of the pilgrims they traveled with the company of others. Dunn explains why Ibn Battuta refused to set sail with company on the Red Sea because, “The Red Sea was the most relentlessly dangerous of the waters on which the Mediterranean-to-China connection depended.” (Dunn, 110) While it has been discussed that traveling by sea is the most dangerous, there was a method for survival during storms, “haul down the yard, jettison the cargo, and make vows to God.” (Dunn, 121) The practiced this mostly during the monsoon season, “when only a very brave captain or a fool would dare to approach the western cost of India.” (Dunn, 121) While Ibn Battuta knew that it was safer to travel with people, so me people didn’t always follow that advice. Ibn Ziri went ahead of the group and got lost in the desert. Even though there is a jubilant spirit that goes along with making the pilgrimage to Mecca it is a long, dangerous, and exhausting
He decided to improve the status of his land on his arrival from a pilgrimage from Mecca in 1324. Furthermore, he transformed his trading city of Timbuktu to a center of learning and religion and built a mass, which set a new style of architecture in West Africa. “Caravans of Gold” underlines the importance of Timbuktu because it concentrated on African scholarship, politics, teaching theology, and Islamic law. Timbuktu was a significant place in Africa during this time because it became a market right after and made a profit for the region. Likewise, it was a religious, cultural, and profitable center whose people traveled north across the Sahara through Morocco and Algeria to other parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia. According to The History of Africa, “Because of his devotion to Islam, Mansa Musa strengthened Islam and promoted education, trade, and commerce in Mali” (Asante, 2014, pg. 135). It was a successful center for the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade and grew as the center of Islam. This statement launches the truth that Timbuktu supported Islamic values and knowledge because it was a city most well-known for the education of important scholars whose backgrounds were of Islam. Asante supports the fact that Mansa Musa was effective in reforming the city of Timbuktu and the trade in that area. Asante also states that “Musa did not forget the control of the gold and salt; it was fundamental for the
Through their books, the authors demonstrate their cultural expectations for the rulers. Einhard believes that a ruler should set an example, and shows forced conversions of people in a positive light. Ibn Battuta’s cultural expectations are much more personal –he judges a culture based upon how well he is treated by the rulers. Since he is a scholar of Sharia Law, he thinks that he inherently deserves gifts from rulers. His knowledge of law also causes him to frown upon instances where Islam is not being strictly followed. Despite this slight since of bias, these books serve as rich records of an archaic period in history filled with magnificent kings and leaders.
To Mr. David Ibarra (Ibarra Foundation) My name is Silvia Araoz, I am from Peru. I am very grateful because I am one of the winners of the Ibarra Foundation Scholarship. This scholarship will give me the opportunity to finish my Paralegal Program at Salt Lake Community College. Now, I will be able to face this competitive life and develop my professional legal career helping immigrant people who is still struggling to find a bright path for them and their families. As a single mom and hispanic immigrant woman we deserve a better environment to life with regulations and laws that can help us to be successful in our lives. We come to this country with a commitment to contribute to its greatness, most of us are unskilled but our strongness and
Nowadays the wide array of transportation means and infrastructures at our disposal has made it relatively easy for us to travel from one country to another; even when those countries are thousands of miles away from each other. However, during the 13th and 14th centuries, travelling was not that easy. Yet, two men, the Italian tradesman Marco Polo and the Moroccan Jurist Ibn Battuta became famous for having managed to perform extremely long distance journeys away from their home country. At the end of their long travels, both men shared their experiences with the world via the books, The Travels of Marco Polo and The Travels of Ibn Battuta. An analysis of those two texts reveals two things. On one hand, Marco Polo remained a cultural outsider to the people he met during his travels, thus enhancing his power of observation and stimulating his curiosity. On the other hand, Ibn Battuta travelled as an insider, and consequently he judged the people he met only in light of his Muslim background.
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An ocean route was sought to the countries that were believed to contain riches beyond European comprehension, thus avoiding having to pay hundreds of miscellaneous middlemen involved with trade, also making for a shorter journey. These motivations were accompanied by the desire to convert the heathen to Christianity, which had been declining since the rise of Islam. By uniting some of the Western Asian countries with Christianity, Europeans hoped to form a formidable team against the Turks and recover the valuable Holy Land (Morison, p.55).
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Overall, Khaled Hosseini wrote a story, based on experiences from his own life and the history of Afghanistan from the turn of the 20th century until present day. He added the universal human theme of being good again, allowing this book and these characters to appeal to readers everywhere. He also crafted one of the most successful and popular novels in the Afghan American genre. Looking at the The Kite Runner from the outside in, or from the perspective of the author’s life and Afghanistan’s past, it is easy to see that Hosseini manages to open the eyes of the Western reader. A person on this side of the International Date Line is forced to reconsider their general perspective and beliefs about Muslims and Afghanistan after picking up The Kite Runner.
With the possibility of converting new Christians curtailed in the Ottoman neighbors to the East, and a mounting trade deficit with Asia, the kings of Portugal, Spain and England – amongst others – started looking for alternatives to the trade status quo. At first the Dutch and Portuguese sought direct access to Chinese and Indian suppliers by staying along the African coast all the way around the continent in order to reach the source of silk and spice. However, in order for European trade ships to reach their goal, they had to sail through waters that were controlled by Muslim traders that were not willing to release their monopoly without a fight. Therefore, it wasn’t long before the process of rounding Africa was brought into question and it was believed a more direct route to Asia could be found by crossing the Atlantic.
Moroccan traveler, Ibn Battuta, is well-known for being one of the greatest travelers of his time. Battuta’s descriptive account of his travels to East and West Africa in the fourteenth century provides important insight into African Islamic life at that point in time. Although Battuta and the peoples in black Africa shared the same religion, he comes to realize that sharing a religion is not enough to completely relate to a different group of people. The story of Ibn Battuta in Black Africa illustrates the difficulties he faced in relating to these peoples due to the non-traditional role of women, different religious customs, and frequent misinterpretation of situations.
He went on voyages to Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Ceylon, India, Persia, Persian Gulf, Arabia, the red sea Egypt, and the Mozambique Channel.
Discovering a route to India was an extremely momentous event, and made a big impact in the European trading system. Vasco da Gama’s life was full of hard work, discovery, and exploration. He was able to bring back much wealth for Portugal, and his successful voyages changed trade during his time and beyond.
“The Kite Runner” is the first novel by Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 and filmed in 2007, it tells the story of Amir, a boy from the Pashtun ethnic group in district of Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir’s father servant Ali. The author of “The Kite Runner” wrote his book in a very unique way. He put whole his soul to create all the strength of his characters. He did what he thought was right as he based on the actual facts about the life in Afghanistan during the war. It would be fair to compare his film and the life of Amir to the history of Afghanistan and its complicated life. The theme of friendship, the theme of war and the theme of Muslim people are all things that represented in the film.
Khaled Hosseini’s goals in The Kite Runner are to create an immediate impact on the reader to the pain and suffering in Kabul, Afghanistan. The author successfully uses vivid (sometimes vulgar) descriptions to paint a realistic portrait of a country that most readers probably have very little connection to. On top of illustrating the gruesome setting of Kabul, Hosseini also emotionally connects the reader to the characters by using flashbacks and a first person point of view. The story is mainly narrated by the main character Amir, who