Ibn Battuta - Part 7 - Mali

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In the final episode in our series, Ibn Battuta returns to Morocco, and then goes on a final journey across the Saharan Desert to West Africa and the Kingdom of Mali - including the legendary city of Timbuktu. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.9	The French Revolution set Europe ablaze.
0:08.1	It was an age of enlightenment and progress, but also of tyranny and oppression.
0:12.6	It was an age of glory and an age of tragedy.
0:15.6	One man stood above it all.
0:17.5	This was the age of Napoleon.
0:19.9	I'm Everett Rommage, host of the age of Napoleon podcast.
0:23.9	Join me as I examine the life and times of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic
0:28.2	characters in modern history.
0:30.8	Look for the age of Napoleon wherever you find your podcasts.
0:37.2	Hello and welcome to the Explorers podcast.
0:48.5	Today is the final chapter in the amazing adventures of Ibn Bittuta.
0:53.1	Last time, Armarachan Explorer had come to the end of his journey in the Far East, reaching
0:57.6	the capital of the Mongol Empire, Beijing.
1:00.6	He had then retraced his steps through China to the southern part of Chenzhou.
1:05.1	Today we are going to follow Ibn Bittuta home, a place he had not been to in nearly 25 years.
1:10.7	And you would think, hey, that's a great story, a quarter of a century through North Africa,
1:14.6	East Africa, Arabia, Persia, Turkey, Russia, Afghanistan, India, the Maltes, Sumatra, and
1:21.5	China.
1:22.5	That's pretty epic.
1:23.8	Time to go home and write a book or start a blog about the experience.
1:27.6	But you know what?
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