Marco Polo

Both Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

&

Marco Polo

Marco Polo’s travels

Ibn Battuta’s travels

II. Marco Polo: Venetian trader who traveled by caravan on the Silk Roads

15,000 miles of travel

1. 1275 – Marco Polo arrived in Kublai’s court and served him for 17 years

2. Polo returned to Venice and was imprisoned during a war with a neighboring city

3. In prison, Polo told about his travels to the exotic East and his stories were gathered in a book by a fellow prisoner.

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta was an African Muslim.

At age 20, Ibn Battuta decided to go on his

Hajj to Mecca.

Traveled 75,000 miles over 29 years and visited over 44

countries.

Marco Polo’s travels

Ibn Battuta’s travels

He was robbed

by bandits.

He almost drowned in a shipwreck.

He was almost beheaded by a sultan.

He had a few marriages and fathered several children on

his travels!

As he returned home

he came upon the

Black Death

Visited Timbuktu

1354 - Ibn

Battuta dictated

his memorie

s to court

poet Ibn Juzayy

Marco Polo’s travels

Ibn Battuta’s travels