Example of “the premodern roots of globalization” equal to 44 modern countries


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Example of “the premodern roots of globalization” equal to 44 modern countries

  • Example of “the premodern roots of globalization” equal to 44 modern countries

  • Complete translation of travels in four volumes (1929-1994, Hakluyt Society)

  • Imitated by modern travelers: Tim Mackintosh-Smith

  • Numerous museum exhibits



Literary autobiography and descriptive compendium, “as told to” the scholar Ibn Juzayy

  • Literary autobiography and descriptive compendium, “as told to” the scholar Ibn Juzayy

  • Chronological problems in the reconstruction of the voyage, nearly 30 years after his departure from Morocco

  • Portrait of political and cultural elites

  • Emphasis on cosmopolitan tendencies over local diversity

















Comparison with Marco Polo: an alien in Mongol Asia

  • Comparison with Marco Polo: an alien in Mongol Asia

  • Ibn Battuta was received by other Muslims as a familiar figure

  • Concept of the “global” Afro-Eurasian Ecumene “inhabited world” (Hodgson, McNeill) opened up by the time of Ibn Battuta

  • Role of nomadic invaders



Problem of “Eurocentric” history – focuses only on Islam in terms of impact on European institutions

  • Problem of “Eurocentric” history – focuses only on Islam in terms of impact on European institutions

  • Erroneous view of Islam as “irrational” and Europe as scientific

  • Impact of Turkish nomads on Middle East

  • Impact of Muslim merchants on Indian Ocean



“egalitarian contractualism” (Hodgson) in Muslim societies acknowledging the shari`a

  • “egalitarian contractualism” (Hodgson) in Muslim societies acknowledging the shari`a

  • Post-Mongol urban-based society:



Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina four times

  • Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina four times

  • Visiting Sufi masters, lodges, and shrines.

  • Seeking legal scholars and their knowledge in great cities

  • Seeking patrons in the great capitals of Asia and Africa.



How many times, and where, did Ibn Battuta get married?

  • How many times, and where, did Ibn Battuta get married?

  • How many times did he make contact with Sufis or Sufi centers? “His traveling career turned out to be, in essence, a grand world tour of the lodges and tombs of famous Sufi mystics and saints.” (p. 24)

  •  There will be a prize for the people who answer these two questions correctly



Go back and check locations and dynasties for interesting tidbits to use in journals

  • Go back and check locations and dynasties for interesting tidbits to use in journals

  • Connect the observations of Ibn Battuta to key themes and topics of the course up to this date

    • Frontiers and borders
    • Schools and structures of Islamic law
    • Holy sites
    • International economy
    • Political structures


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