The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th CenturyStudie over leven en werk van de Arabische ontdekkingsreiziger Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Baṭūtah (1304-1368/9). |
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Page 162
... steppe zone for centuries . The Volga had close historic links with the Muslim Irano - Turkish cities of northern Persia and Transoxiana , that is , the regions east of the Caspian . Those cities offered a much handier and weightier ...
... steppe zone for centuries . The Volga had close historic links with the Muslim Irano - Turkish cities of northern Persia and Transoxiana , that is , the regions east of the Caspian . Those cities offered a much handier and weightier ...
Page 164
... steppe and forest : grain from the Volga , timber from the mountains of southern Crimea , furs from Russia and Siberia , salt , wax , and honey . Though the Franks built their houses and conducted their business in Kaffa at the pleasure ...
... steppe and forest : grain from the Volga , timber from the mountains of southern Crimea , furs from Russia and Siberia , salt , wax , and honey . Though the Franks built their houses and conducted their business in Kaffa at the pleasure ...
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... steppe in the Turkish version of the prairie schooner . Both two and four wheeled carts were used , pulled by teams of horses , camels , or oxen . Mongol and Turkish nomads customarily followed their herds in wagons over which they ...
... steppe in the Turkish version of the prairie schooner . Both two and four wheeled carts were used , pulled by teams of horses , camels , or oxen . Mongol and Turkish nomads customarily followed their herds in wagons over which they ...
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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century Ross E. Dunn Limited preview - 1989 |
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Ross E. Dunn Limited preview - 2004 |
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Ross E. Dunn Limited preview - 2005 |
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