Great travellers, a country project and a tale

Ibn Battuta (1304–1368/69) was a great Muslim traveller, born in Tangier, Morocco. In 1325, when he was about 21, he left home for the pilgrimage to Mecca and for almost 30 years he visited Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, China and other lands. He went to India through Bukhara and Samarkand. He travelled about 120,000 km, according to estimates, and described his journeys in the book “Rihla”. Reading years: 1304 – thirteen oh four; 1325 – thirteen twenty-five; 1333 – thirteen thirty-three. “In 1325 he left home.” “He travelled for almost 30 years.” Another famous traveller is Marco Polo of Venice, who went to China along the Silk Road. Past Simple: regular verbs (travel – travelled) and irregular verbs (leave – left, come – came, write – wrote).