Marco Polo & Ibn Battuta (Map on pages 568-569)

Based on the map, Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta would not be considered as typical people. For example, the sheer distance the two traveled from Africa and Europe to East Asia is abnormal. While it is typical of people during the time to engage in trade, those peoples's trade routes would be more regular or simpler. The map shows the two travelling everywhere as if they were in it for adventure rather than trade which is evident because the routes continuously switch from land to sea routes therefore limiting what one can carry to other places. They are not typical of today's people either. For example, tourists today would not visit so many places, but rather would visit a small region instead.