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For sixty years, from 1260 to 1323, the Mamluk state in Egypt and Syria was at war with the Ilkhanid Mongols based in Persia. This is the first comprehensive study of the political and military aspects of the early years of the war, from the battle of 'Ayn Jalut in 1260 to the battle of Homs in 1281. In between these campaigns, the Mamluk-Ilkhanid struggle was continued in the manner of a 'cold war' with both sides involved in border skirmishes, diplomatic manoeuvres, and espionage. Here, as in the major battles, the Mamluks usually maintained the upper hand, establishing themselves as the foremost Muslim power at the time. By drawing on previously untapped Persian and Arabic sources, the author sheds new light on the confrontation, examining the war within the context of Mongol/Mamluk relations with the Byzantine Empire, the Latin West and the Crusading states.
Islamic Empire --- History --- 1258-1517 --- Islamic Empire - History - 1258-1516. --- Arts and Humanities --- Islamic Empire - History - 1258-1517 --- Civilization, Medieval --- Thirteenth century
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Ilkhanid dynasty --- Ilkhanid dynasty. --- Mamelukes --- History --- History
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Mongols --- History. --- Ilkhanid dynasty. --- Iran --- History
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"Slavery has played a significant role in the history of human society, not the least in the greater Mediterranean region, since ancient times. Long neglected by mainstream historians, the medieval history of slavery has received an increasing amount of attention by scholars, since the pioneering work of Charles Verlinden (1907-1996). Today historians have generally laid to rest the nineteenth-century preoccupation with whether slavery was a significant 'mode of production' in the post-classical period, to concentrate on the changing face of the institution over time by looking at legal norms, linguistic representations and social practice. This volume presents a multi-faceted and interdisciplinary approach to slavery and the slave trade in the Eastern Mediterranean region in the pre-modern period, placing these into a larger historical and cultural context. It surveys the significance of slavery in the three monotheistic traditions, the involvement of Eastern and Western merchants and other agents in the slave trade, and offers new interpretations concerning the nature of this commerce."-- Publisher's website.
Slave trade --- Slave trade. --- Slavery --- Slavery. --- Social conditions. --- History --- Mediterranean Region --- Mediterranean Region. --- Social conditions --- History of Southern Europe --- History of Asia --- History of Africa --- anno 1000-1099 --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1100-1199
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The interaction between the Eurasian pastoral nomads - most famously the Mongols and Turks - and the surrounding sedentary societies is a major theme in world history. Nomads were not only raiders and conquerors, but also transmitted commodities, ideas, technologies and other cultural items. At the same time, their sedentary neighbours affected the nomads, in such aspects as religion, technology, and political culture. The essays in this volume use a broad comparative approach that highlights the multifarious nature of nomadic society and its changing relations with the sedentary world in the vicinity of China, Russia and the Middle East, from antiquity into the contemporary world.
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