The Mamluks. Slave Warriors
Screex Circassian Mamluks (Mamelukes) in Egypt. Warrior-slaves. For many centuries the system of military slavery was of great importance for the states of the Islamic world. It served as the basis…
The Mamluks: From Slaves to the Military and Political Elite of the Islamic World
The ancient history of the world is full of injustice and oppression. Powerful empires were built on the bones of soldiers and slaves. The ancient Greeks and Romans used their…
You can’t enter the same river twice: why did the second Mongol invasion of Hungary fail?
After conquering Russia, Batu was forced to let some of his army go home. A few tumen headed by his personal enemy, Güyük, went to Mongolia. Nevertheless, invasion to Europe…
The secret of the grandiose victories of Genghis Khan’s Horde is revealed: why the Mongol army was centuries ahead of its opponents
In the steppe, as elsewhere in the Middle Ages, people could unite, in fact, only around a single individual (prince, count, king, emir, khan), and that, for the time being.…
To what point in Germany did the Mongols reach?
When we discuss the Mongols and their invasion in the 1230s - 1240s, their actions in Russia are in the center of attention for obvious reasons. But we should not…
What did the Mongols do with the captured girls?
Two mutually opposite phrases are attributed to the creator of the world Mongol Empire.The first one goes like this: I want a girl with a golden dish to be able…
The Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, Al-Ashraf Tuman-bai II, against the Ottoman Empire
Al-Malik al-Ashraf Tuman-bay II (1473, Aleppo - April 15, 1517, Cairo) was the last Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from the Circassian Burjit dynasty (1516-1517) Mamluk-Ottoman conflict The Mamluk Sultanate was…
Why were the Egyptian Mamluks able to defeat the Mongols in field mounted battles?
In the middle of the 13th century, the peak of Mongol strength was reached, and no nation could stand up to the nomads militarily. The Mongol army was better in…
What became of Obadiah Khan, who converted the Khazar Khaganate to Judaism?
For history buffs it is no secret that at a certain stage of its existence Khazar Khaganate adopted Judaism as the state faith. But the circumstances of this decision for…
Only a few guesses why the Mongols were victorious in their many wars
Genghis Khan's problems I have told you a lot about how Temujin's Mongols defeated all their enemies from Southern China to the Northern Black Sea coast. By the way, in…