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Question: What does Ibn Battuta experience in the Arabian Sea region that differs from what he had encountered before? What is unique about this region? What role did the Indian Ocean Maritime trading network play in the formation of Islamic society bordering the Arabian Sea? Describe some of the key places Battuta visited in this region.

What was the state of things in Anatolia and on the steppes as Ibn Battuta passed through on his travels? What impact did Turkic culture have on Islamic civilization in this region? This was the territory in which Rumi settled. How type of Islam does he seem to be preaching in his poems? What are some of his key ideas? Why do you think he would become such a popular Sufi prophet?

We are starting to see quite profoundly in Dunn's account of Ibn Battuta's adventures the cohesive forces of trade on Islamic zone. How did trade influence the informal development of a pan-Islamic civilization? How did trade structure the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims, between elite and commoners? How does Ibn Battuta's itinerary reflect the importance of trade routes in the 14th century? Make sure to use specific examples from the book.

Ibn Battuta travels to many places beyond the traditional Arab-Iranian center of Muslim life. Some of these places included India, Indian Ocean islands and, as we will see next week, sub-Saharan Africa. Describe what life was like in these places. How did Ibn Battuta feel there? How did Islam differ from place to place? What impact did local customs have on religious structures? Make sure to use specific examples from the book.