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“A Commerical Market for All Nations”: Benjamin of Tudela’s Descriptions of Baghdad and Alexandria

Discussion of using Benjamin of Tudela as an example of travelers in premodern Afroeurasia

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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“A Commerical Market for All Nations”: Benjamin of Tudela’s Descriptions of Baghdad and Alexandria

Almost every world history textbook discusses Marco Polo and Ibn Batttuta. They are easily the most well-known travelers in Afroeurasia before 1400. They also weren’t the only travelers!

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