The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World History: Economic, Social and Cultural Development in an Era of Increasing Internation

by Reuven Amitai-Preiss

The Mamluk Sultanate represents an extremely interesting case study to examine social, economic and cultural developments in the transition into the rapidly changing modern world. On the one hand, it is the heir of a political and military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and brought this to a high pitch that enabled astounding victories over serious external threats. On the other hand, as time went on, it was increasingly confronted with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 384710411X
• ISBN13: 9783847104117
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Length: 535 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"