Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North Fiction_Gift_Guide present and future tear them

present and future tear them apart

engaging and thought-provoking

killing 75 million people—one third of the known population—before it vanished

but finding something unexpected about himself instead

We meet four members of the Black Texan family: Julie B

Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North Fiction_Gift_Guide present and future tear themA fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing in an important new translation Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Ibn Fadla n's chronicles of his travels are one of the most important documents from the period, and this illuminating new translation offers insight into the world of the Arab