CHAPTER 4. Cairo in Egypt (Mamluk Sultanate)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. INTRODUCTION. Illustrating the Eurasian World in the Long Thirteenth Century (1206–1368) 1
5. Prelude to the Mongol Intervention in Eurasian History. A Brief Pre-Mongol History of Eurasia 17
6. CHAPTER 1. Tabriz in Azerbaijan (Ilkhanate) 25
7. CHAPTER 2. Constantinople in Rum (Byzantium) 55
8. CHAPTER 3. Siena in Tuscany (Land of the Franks) 79
9. CHAPTER 4. Cairo in Egypt (Mamluk Sultanate) 103
10. CHAPTER 5. Alchi in Ladakh (Greater Himalayan Region) 130
11. CHAPTER 6. Turfan in Uighurstan (Tarim Basin) 154
12. CHAPTER 7. Dadu in Khitai (Great Yuan) 176
13. CHAPTER 8. Quanzhou in Manzi (Great Yuan) 199
14. CONCLUSION. Theme and Variation in the Post-Mongol World 222
15. A Brief Chronology of the Long Thirteenth Century 229
16. Notes 231
17. Bibliography 253
18. Index 281
19. About the Author 289
20. Perspectives on the Global Past 291