Ross E. Dunn
Autore di Gli straordinari viaggi di Ibn Battuta : le mille avventure del Marco Polo arabo
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Opere di Ross E. Dunn
Gli straordinari viaggi di Ibn Battuta : le mille avventure del Marco Polo arabo (1999) — Autore — 562 copie
Opere correlate
Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives (2000) — Collaboratore — 47 copie
Bring History Alive: A Sourcebook for Teaching United States History (1996) — alcune edizioni — 17 copie
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- male
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- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- San Diego, California, USA
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- 9
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- 2
- Utenti
- 628
- Popolarità
- #40,132
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 27
- Lingue
- 3
As others have observed, some of the talk around the Mongols was a bit...weird. The way they are described as being uncivilised and uncultured seems to speak to some sort of bias on behalf of the author.
There is more detail about ibn Battuta's habit of repeatedly marrying or otherwise acquiring women and then abandoning, divorcing or losing them. However my biggest questions around this remain unanswered - was this acceptable in Battuta's time or was he unusually callous in his treatment of women?
I remain impressed at the extent of the Islamic world at the time, but the further I got in the book, the more I disliked his subject. He's a sanctimonious prat. At one point he gets cross because he's trying to relieve himself on the bank of a river and his "immodest" companion keeps standing in his way. Turns out the guy was trying to protect him from crocodiles.… (altro)