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

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