Urban Protest in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria
by
Amina Elbendary
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
During the fifteenth century, the Mamluk sultanate that had ruled Egypt and Syria since 1249-50 faced a series of sustained economic and political challenges to its rule, from the effects of recurrent plagues to changes in international trade routes. Both these challenges and the policies and behaviors...