00:00 Ibn Battuta traveled extensively in the 14th century, more than anyone else at that time, and even more than most people today.

01:55 Ibn Battuta, a well-educated young man from Morocco, embarked on a pilgrimage to Mecca at the age of 21, which typically took about 16 months to complete.

03:33 Ibn Battuta's journey to Mecca turned into a lifelong adventure, as he traveled across North Africa, visited various cities, and met with local rulers along the way.

05:02 After completing his third hajj in Mecca, Ibn Battuta embarked on his longest journey yet, traveling from Mecca to Cairo, Palestine, Anatolia, and eventually reaching Central Asia, where he visited Constantinople, explored Russia and Ukraine, and stopped in Samarkand.

06:35 Ibn Battuta traveled from Delhi to the Maldives, where he served as an Islamic judge and had multiple marriages, before continuing his journey to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Aceh in Sumatra, and finally reaching China.

08:10 After traveling extensively throughout China, Ibn Battuta began his journey back to the Middle East, bypassing India due to the bubonic plague outbreak, and arrived in Damascus in 1348, where he learned of his father's death and experienced the effects of the plague, before eventually returning to Tangiers, only to discover that his mother had also passed away, prompting him to embark on another journey to Al-Andalus in Spain and later to West Africa, before finally settling down in Morocco and documenting his travels in a book called a Rila.

09:52 Ibn Battuta's book, "A Masterpiece to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling," is the only recorded account of his adventures, which spanned over 73,000 miles and surpassed the travels of other contemporary travelers like Jean He and Marco Polo combined.