south through the Kipchak khanates and the Caucasus into Armenia, sojourning for a while in Nisibis. From there he travelled to Mesopotamia, visiting Nineveh, Sura, Pumbedita, and Baghdad before moving on to Persia. Turning westward, he journeyed up the Euphrates and into Syria, visiting Aleppo and Damascus. He travelled onward to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, visiting holy sites in the Galilee and Judea, whence he may have taken to the sea. The next place he describes is Greece. From there, presumably, he returned home via the Balkans. The date of Petachiah's death is unknown, but could be around 1225. See also Chronology of European exploration of Asia Radhanites - medieval merchants, some of them Jewish Travelogues of Palestine Benjamin of Tudela Sources New facsimile reprint of 1856 Benisch edition: External links Travels of Rabbi Petachia of Ratisbon, online version of the 1856 bilingual Benisch edition (PDF). 12th-century German rabbis 12th-century writers Medieval Jewish travel writers Explorers of Asia Jewish explorers 12th-century births 13th-century deaths Holy Land travellers Clergy from Regensburg Pilgrimage accounts 12th-century explorers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 13th-century Bohemian rabbis 12th-century Bohemian rabbis