Muslim fortresses in the Levant : between crusaders and Mongols / Kate Raphael.
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TextSeries: Culture and civilisation in the Middle East: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xvi, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415569255 (hardback); 0415569257 (hardback); 9780203845165 (ebook); 0203845161 (ebook)Subject(s): Fortification -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500 | Military architecture -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500 | Siege warfare -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500 | Architecture, Ayyubid -- Egypt | Architecture, Mameluke -- Egypt | Egypt -- History, Military -- To 1500DDC classification: 725.18 LOC classification: UG435.E3 | R36 2011| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 725.18 RAP 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0001061 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-261) and index.
Ayyubid fortresses in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries: -- Muslims' apprenticeship -- Mongolian siege warfare and the defense of Mamluk fortresses -- Laying the foundations : fortification work conducted during the reign of Baybars (1260-1277), Qalawun (1280-1290) and al-Ashraf Khalil (1290-1293) -- Mamluk power on display : fortifications in the second half of the thirteenth century -- Military architecture versus political and military organization.
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