1.Integration of Afro- Eurasia 2.Increased interaction cultural diffusion & syncretism.

1.1. Integration of Afro-Integration of Afro-EurasiaEurasia

2.2. Increased interaction Increased interaction cultural diffusion & cultural diffusion & syncretismsyncretism

Post-Classical Post-Classical Travelers:Travelers:– Marco PoloMarco Polo– John of John of

MontecorvinoMontecorvino– St CyrilSt Cyril– Rabban SaumaRabban Sauma– XuanzangXuanzang– Zheng HeZheng He– SufisSufis– Ibn BattutaIbn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

Which of the following lists three places Ibn Battuta, the fourteenth-century Muslim traveler, visited?

A. The Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and Japan

B. The Arabian Peninsula, France, and India

C. India, Mali, and Persia

D. India, Persia, and Poland

E. England, Iraq, and Mali

• Islam more than Islam more than a political a political entityentity

– Inter-civilizational Inter-civilizational

• Transcends geog. & Transcends geog. & pol. boundariespol. boundaries

• Built on shared Built on shared experienceexperience

– Islam Islam

– ArabicArabic

– HajjHajj Dar-al-Islam: Dar-al-Islam: “First Global System”“First Global System”

HajjHajj

Dar-al-Islam: Dar-al-Islam: “First Global System”“First Global System”

Dar-al-Islam: Dar-al-Islam: “First Global System”“First Global System”

1. Exemplify Islam as a global system

2. Exemplify the complexity of conversion

How does the life of Ibn Battuta:

Ibn Battuta

Place & time

Prior Knowledge

Main idea

Reason

Author Audience

Sig.

How does the life of Ibn Battuta: 1) Exemplify Islam as a global system2) Exemplify the complexity of conversion

Place & time

Prior Knowledge

Main idea

Reason

Author Audience

Sig.

How does the life of Ibn Battuta: 1) Exemplify Islam as a global system2) Exemplify the complexity of conversion

“good qualities” “bad qualities”

1.1. Integration of Afro-Integration of Afro-EurasiaEurasia

2.2. Increased interaction Increased interaction cultural diffusion & cultural diffusion & syncretismsyncretism