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Six and a half centuries ago, the Islamic world saw itself as the unquestioned pinnacle of civilization. What was it really like? The only answer we really have is in the diaries of Ibn Battuta, the wanderlust scholar who clocked … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Abou Zayd, Abu Zayd, Ibn Battuta diaries, Ibn Batuta, Islamic world history, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Moorish Spain, Ottoman capture of Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, The Byzantine Empire
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