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🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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0:00.0 | You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast. |
0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Explorers Podcast. |
0:19.0 | Today is the second part in our series on one of the world's greatest travelers and explorers, Ibn Batuta. |
0:25.0 | Often referred to as the Islamic Marco Polo, Ibn Batuta journey throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia in the 14th century. |
0:33.0 | His travels covering an astounding 73,000 miles or 117,000 kilometers. |
0:38.0 | It is truly a remarkable story, even if there's likely some exaggerations involved. |
0:43.0 | One note for today. |
0:45.0 | You can look at our website, ExplorersPodcast.com, to find a map of Ibn Batuta's journeys. |
0:50.0 | And that is it for notes. Let's get Ibn Batuta back on the road. |
0:54.0 | Last time, we left our Moroccan Berber traveler in Mecca after finishing his Hajj. |
0:59.0 | It had been a 3700 mile or 6,000 kilometer journey. |
1:03.0 | A pilgrimage to Mecca was one of the most important things required of a Muslim at some time in their life. |
1:08.0 | Ibn Batuta had done this by the age of 22. |
1:12.0 | Now, at this point, it was likely assumed that he would head home. |
1:15.0 | He was, after all, part of an important family of Islamic legal scholars and jurists in Tanjir. |
1:21.0 | But young Ibn Batuta had caught something that prevented him from going back to his home one just yet. |
1:26.0 | Wanderlust. |
1:27.0 | Wanderlust is defined by Mirian Webster as, quote, |
1:30.0 | a strong long-for or imposter wandering. |
1:33.0 | End quote. |
1:34.0 | It is a simple explanation, but it perfectly encapsulates Ibn Batuta at this time and place. |
1:40.0 | He had found that he enjoyed traveling. |
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