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Born in 1304 in Tangier
Born in 1304 in Tangier, Ibn Battuta set out on pilgrimage at 21 and spent 30 years travelling 120,000 km across Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and China, the longest pre-modern journey on record.
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