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Ibn Battuta - No topic portal. Search Ibn Battuta in World History in Context & Gale Ebooks.
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- Primary Source: Ibn Battuta's Travels to Mali
Marco Polo
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- Primary Source: Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian
Zheng He (Cheng Ho)
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- Primary Source: Zheng He's Inscriptions (Scroll down to "Inscribing His Adventures")
Mansa Musa
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- Primary Source: Description of Mansa Musa's Visit to Cairo in 1324, written by Al-Umari
Genghis Khan
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- Primary Source: The Great Yasa (law code) of Chinggis Khan (Scroll to the bottom to read the primary source.)
The Black Death
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- Primary Source: Written account of the Black Death by Henry Knighton, an English chronicler
The Crusades
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- Primary Source: Richard I Massacres Prisoners After Taking Acre; 2-20 August 1191