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The prolific writings of both Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta give accounts of early world travel and exploration during the middle ages, these two explorers’ managed to travel the length of the Eurasian empire, while creating written accounts of their adventure. When comparing these two individual writings on their travels and perception of cultures, religion and trade also their reasons for travel it is imperative that we acknowledge that these two individuals came from very different back rounds Polo a Christian and Battuta a Muslim. Thus their accounts and view points maybe very different in retrospect to one another due to a religious, and cultural bias when exploring these areas.
In order to understand these two travelers it is important to understand their origins, first was Marco Polo who was born in 1254 in Venice1. Both his father and uncle had already traveled to Asia and it was only normal for a young man of these days to follow in his fathers footsteps to......

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