n Said Hamdun and Noel King’s book Ibn Battuta in Black Africa‚ they point out some especially important contributions still lasting to modern day studies of society. In the year 1331 c.e‚ the world’s major civilizations were in fact growing and advancing at an astonishing rate. Historians know quite a bit about a few cultures and empires of this time. These societies such as the Romans‚ Greeks‚ and Chinese to name a few kept written records of daily life and events. Accounts of these societies‚
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The end of this sentence‚ “an object they had constructed which looked like a door-frame.”‚ demonstrates ibn Fadlan’s lack of familiarity with the Viking’s burial ritual and thus his desire to attribute familiar characteristics to it. Because he is not familiar with the structure‚ he is only able to vaguely illustrate it in his writing‚ in which he initially describes it as “an object”. He further develops the image of this object by qualifying it as being “constructed” by the Vikings and that it
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Summary Ibn Khaldun: Group Solidarity The concept of group solidarity rose from Ibn Khaldun and his ways of dealing with people and communicating with them. Ibn Khaldun is a North African Arab aristocrat who settled in a castle in Algeria to write a narrative of the history of the world‚ in 1375. But before starting off his narrative‚ Ibn Khaldun thought about the human history in terms of historical meaning‚ truth and method. It is this “muqaddimah”‚ an extensive formal essay‚ which gave him
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Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham‚ born 965ce – 1039ce an Arab /Persian scientist and polymath‚ also significant contributions to the principals of optics‚ as well as to physics‚ anatomy‚ astronomy‚ engineering‚ mathematics‚ medicine‚ ophthalmology‚ philosophy‚ psychology‚ visual perception‚ and to science in general with his early application of the scientific method. After being ordered by Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah‚ the sixth ruler of the Fatimid Caliphate‚ to carry out this operation‚ he quickly perceived the
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Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta Centuries ago the world of traveling over sea was something un known to man. It was seen as crazy because only the bravest of brave did it. The reasons were because you put your life and health at risk. The possibilities of dying were too high‚ and most just didn’t travel over sea because of that simple fact. Two of the most famous world travelers in the pre-modern period were Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta were both European Explorers who sailed
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Ibn Battuta Biography Ibn Battuta was born on February 25‚ 1304 in Tangier Morocco. 64 years later‚ he died in 1368. Ibn Battuta was a muslim scholar and traveler‚ known for for his traveling and a excursion called the Rihla (journey). At the age of 21 Ibn Battuta set out on his journey‚ originally intending to go on the hajj (the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year‚ and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime) to Mecca‚ he ended
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2013 | Leadership | | Cohort Five Mohamed Abd El-Aziz El-behery | [Khalid ibn Al waleed] | I am the pillar of Islam! ‚ I am the Companion of the Prophet! ‚ I am the noble warrior‚ I’m Khalid bin Al Waleed! | Under supervision of Professor doctor: Ali Mosalam Abstract "What an excellent slave of Allah: Khalid Ibn al-Walled‚ one of the swords of Allah‚ unleashed against the unbelievers!" [Prophet Muhammad (BPUH)]‚ those great words were said by the prophet regarding
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Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) was known for his great knowledge and wisdom. He often expressed his thoughts in words conspicuous for their wisdom. A number of his sayings have come down to us‚ and these show the depths and dimensions of his thoughts and expressions. “Go easy on yourself‚ for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God’s decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere‚ it will never come your way‚ but if it is yours by destiny‚ from you it cannot flee.” Throughout history there
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science and towards one that praised progression and discovery. While many people are aware of the Renaissance’s influence in Europe‚ there was also significant progress occurring in the Middle East and North Africa‚ particularly through the works of Ibn Khaldun. Khaldun’s works are best known for the waves they made in the fields of sociology and philosophy‚ particularly those that deal with how history ought to be viewed‚ and what makes them very distinctive for this time period is the influence the
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