Mecca - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:35:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Mecca - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Pilgrims going to Mecca https://historylab.es/pelerins-allant-a-la-mecque/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pelerins-allant-a-la-mecque Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:42:06 +0000 https://historylab.es/pelerins-allant-a-la-mecque/ Painting by Leon Bélly

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]]> It depicts a long caravan crossing the desert, making its way towards Mecca, Islam’s holiest city and place of pilgrimage for all Muslims. In this painting, the artist introduces a very discreet ecumenical dimension to his work. On the left, he portrays a group of three people: a man walking alongside a woman and her child on a donkey. It is a striking reference to the widely used motif in painting, of the “flight to Egypt” of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. Through this association, Belly is indicating his commitment to the idea that, beyond the divisions, there exists a universal religion, one faith and one God.

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]]> Travels of Ibn Battuta https://historylab.es/travels-of-ibn-battuta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=travels-of-ibn-battuta Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/travel-ofi-ibn-battuta/ Diary and cartography.

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]]> Considered one of the greatest travelers of the fourteenth century, for thirty years, he explored Africa, the Middle East, Asia and China. He was a Moroccan historian and jurist. Leaving Tangier at the age of 21 to make the hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, he then decided to continue his journey (rihla) covering about 120,000 kilometers and reaching over 40 then unknown countries.

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