“A Commerical Market for All Nations”: Benjamin of Tudela’s Descriptions of Baghdad and Alexandria
Discussion of using Benjamin of Tudela as an example of travelers in premodern Afroeurasia
Almost every world history textbook discusses Marco Polo and Ibn Batttuta. They are easily the most well-known travelers in Afroeurasia before 1400. They also weren’t the only travelers!
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