Summer Journey 2011

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Travels Through Islam

Discovering a world of change and challenge in the footsteps of the 14th century explorer Ibn Battuta More »

  • Photos: Retracing a Journey Through the Medieval Islamic World

    This is the first installment in a five-part series from TIME International's annual Summer Journey issue, Travels Through Islam: Discovering a world of change and challenge in the footsteps of the 14th century explorer Ibn Battuta More »

  • Graphic: One Man's Odyssey

    Ibn Battuta is one of history's great explorers. He set out from his native Tangier in 1325, when he was just 21. By the time he returned home for good almost 30 years later, he had covered some 120,000 km and nearly every part of the Islamic world More »

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