HIS 111
Ibn Battuta Paragraph Assignment
Pictured here is an old Persian caravanserai. These structures, usually rectangular with a single, gated entry arch served as resting points for travelers and merchants (and their caravans) as they traveled along major trade routes. The caravanserais could be simple or luxurious and were usually built about a day's travel apart. Ibn Battuta in his many journeys stayed in these all over the Muslim world. Photo credit travfotos.
Citing specific evidence from Ibn Battuta (not from the textbook), what were some of the main features of Mali political practice and ceremony?
Your paragraph should be about one-half page in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins, font size 10 or 12; it should contain a concise topic sentence that directly responds to the assigned question (no need to define terms or cite a dictionary) and use direct, quoted material to support your points. You may consider submitting a draft of your assignment to your instructor for feedback before submitting the assignment for a grade. Please send some specific questions that you would like answered about your draft. The questions can be general (Is my thesis/first sentence clear?) or specific (Is the phrase, "Chardin was jeweller," written correctly?).