tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post5961286220891464894..comments2012-01-17T22:33:00.620-08:00Meam Wyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084627502788320877noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post-37793261332292077652012-01-16T08:13:05.281-08:002012-01-16T08:13:05.281-08:00I love these kind of thingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post-52284468807395830582010-06-04T22:40:06.153-07:002010-06-04T22:40:06.153-07:00I haven&#39;t seen the documentary .....will try finding it. Thank you so much :)Meam Wyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084627502788320877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post-39289609817884031552010-06-04T05:54:09.133-07:002010-06-04T05:54:09.133-07:00Did you see the 2007 BBC television documentary Travels with a Tangerine on television? Tim Mackintosh-Smith followed Ibn Battuta&#39;s jounrney from Tangier to China, but I thought it was a bit light weight. Presumably the Ross Dunn book was better.Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post-15385730628694545032009-08-27T10:05:05.535-07:002009-08-27T10:05:05.535-07:00These types of books take you centuries back :) Thanks Tricia, for your feedback and comments.Meam Wyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084627502788320877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post-62860049735032542862009-08-27T09:08:41.769-07:002009-08-27T09:08:41.769-07:00Wow, simply amazing. What an interesting life Ibn Battutahad. The wonders he saw back then in his travels - 29 years and about 44 modern countries - just amazing!!Triciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433125265636551803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post-91523869657522396152009-08-25T02:31:01.796-07:002009-08-25T02:31:01.796-07:00It is really very frustrating that many of the great books were destroyed during various waves of destructions by Mongols, Crusades and after the fall of Spain. The books from the famous House of Wisdom were either burnt or dumped in Euphrates river during the Mongol invasion(The water turned black due to the ink color). More than one million books on science, philosophy etc. were burnt in the public square of Vivarrambla in Granada under Ferdinand and Isabella after fall of Spain in the fifteenth century. Numerous books were removed to European libraries and museums during the colonial period. Selected translation of Ibn Battuta&#39;s book is available under the title &#39;Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354 &#39; at books.google.comMeam Wyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084627502788320877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325850439392054667.post-44273516732577078482009-08-23T15:50:57.364-07:002009-08-23T15:50:57.364-07:00Very interesting article, Meam. I wasn&#39;t familiar with him. Too bad his book isn&#39;t readily available in the West; we are poorer for not having it.<br /><br />George Polley<br />Sapporo, JapanGeorge Polleyhttp://www.geogepolleyauthor.comnoreply@blogger.com