World History
Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of Ibn Battuta in this three part BBC documentary series. Only this first part is available on line.
Smith begins in Tangiers where Battuta was born and travels to Egypt where he visits the oldest university in Cairo. I haven't watched it all but what I've seen looks pretty good.
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World History
In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta: Documentary
Smith begins in Tangiers where Battuta was born and travels to Egypt where he visits the oldest university in Cairo. I haven't watched it all but what I've seen looks pretty good.
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I have been reading Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Lyman Bushman. It was published in 2005 by Alfred A. Knopf. I am about half way through the book and am enjoying it very much. In the prologue, Bushman recounts the story from 1844 when...
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