It's not the destination, it's the journey. On today's episode our journey takes us all around Africa, Asia and the Middle East with world traveler, Ibn Battuta, and then back to China and Japan with Chinese revolutionary, Qiu Jin.


Ibn Battuta


Ibn Battuta's Route


Qiu Jin


Qiu Jin 2


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Sources for Ibn Battuta story: Encyclopedia Britannica, Stamped from the Beginning, Extra Credits on YouTube, Khan Academy, Wiki, Berman, Nina. “Questions of Context: Ibn Battuta and E. W. Bovill on Africa.” Research in African Literatures, vol. 34, no. 2, 2003, pp. 199–205. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4618304. Accessed 15 June 2020.


Sources for Qiu Jin story: Wiki, NYT Overlooked


Original Theme: Garreth Spinn


Original Art: Sarah Cruz


About this podcast:


Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.


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