The Amazing Travels of Ibn Battuta

The Amazing Travels of Ibn Battuta — page 3
TANGIER They call me Ibn Battuta since my full name is very long It is Shamsuddine Abou Abdullah Mohammed ibn Abdullah ibn Mohammed ibn Ibrahim ibn Mohammed ibn Ibrahim ibn Yousuf alLuwati alLuwati al-Tangi ibn Battuta I was born in the city of Tangier in Morocco in 1304 which is more than seven hundred years ago Do you know why people still remember me It is because I spent twenty-nine years traveling around the world At that time people did not travel much There were no airplanes so I traveled by camel donkey or horse on land and by ship or sailboat on the sea