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Ibn Battuta

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haversupply.com enter code: DANK for 20% off at checkout! creditkarma.com/winmoney to open your free account and start winning instant karma! There is nothing better than a boys trip! Perhaps a nice road trip with one you love, your sig-oth? Well, Ibn Battuta took a solo journey of about 75,000 miles alone. Ibn took a 25 year road trip all over Afro-Eurasia in the 1300's. Strider explores some of Ibn's 14th century perspective. Sources: Wikipedia.org, Britannica.com, Orias.berkeley.edu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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