The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Introduction Welcome to this tour of Ibn Battuta’s medieval travels! You will be following in the footsteps of this famous 14th century Muslim traveler, exploring the places he visited and the people he encountered. To help you learn more about his adventures there will be images of the people and […]

Arab Contributions to European Civilization

Arab Contributions to Civilization Archive, News Editor’s Note. The headline just reads ‘… to civilization’, however, of course they mean the European civilization… Much like America today, the Arab world of the seventh to the thirteenth centuries was a great cosmopolitan civilization. It was an enormous unifying enterprise, one which joined […]