European travellers often highlighted the treatment of women as a marker of difference between Western and Eastern societies. What did Bernier choose for detailed description?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The practice of sati
Option (1) The practice of sati — Correct. Bernier chose sati for detailed description. He noted that **some women seemed to embrace death cheerfully.
Option (2) The use of slave girls as spies on nobles — Incorrect. Slave girls who passed news about nobles appear in Ibn Battuta's account of the Sultan's court.
Option (3) The sale of female slaves in markets — Incorrect. The open sale of slaves in markets is part of Ibn Battuta's account of the Sultan's time.
Option (4) The dance of slave girls at royal weddings — Incorrect. It was Ibn Battuta who enjoyed the music and dance of female slaves at the wedding of the Sultan's sister.
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