At this juncture the traveller Rabbi Benjamin came to Egypt.
Very telling, for example, are the words: "They hire from amongst all nations warriors called Barba.
From Otranto he crossed over to Corfu, traversed Greece, and then came to Constantinople, of which he gives an interesting account.
After passing through the prosperous towns which lie on the Gulf of Lyons, he visited Rome and South Italy.
Some three years earlier he had left his native place-Tudela, on the Ebro in the north of Spain.
At this juncture the traveller Rabbi Benjamin came to Egypt