Islamic Geographers

As the Islamic Empire expanded into new countries where no Arab had been before, everyone was interested in what these places were like. And later on, people were trading all along the Silk Road to China and across the Sahara in Africa. It was very useful for traders to know what to expect in different places.

One very famous Arabic geographer was Ibn Battuta. He wrote in the 1300's AD.

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