The impact of the of the removal of the Five Civilized Tribes (Choctaw, , Creek, , Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole) from the Eastern seaboard to the unorganized territories west of the Mississippi. Nations were defrauded of their land and their possessions were taken. Many died on the infamous "Trail of Tears." Moreover, various groups were wholly unprepared for the climate and terrain of the areas to which they were relocated.
The account of the travels of the Muslim legal scholar Ibn Battuta in
the first half of the 14th century reveals the wide scope of the Muslim
world at that time.
