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War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7Th-15th Centuries (Hardcover: 410 pages)

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Contribution by:	Yaacov Lev
Edited by:	Y. Lev
Format:	Hardcover: 410 pages.
Publisher:	Brill Academic Pub (12/01/1996)
ISBN:	9004100326
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Publisher Notes: War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7Th-15th Centuries

Preface

List of Abbreviations and Illustrations

Contributors

Introduction 1

1 Arms of the Umayyad Era: Military Technology in a Time of Change
   by David Nicolle 9

2 Some Administrative, Military and Socio-Political Aspects of Early Muslim Egypt
   by Khalil 'Athamina 101

3 Regime, Army and Society in Medieval Egypt, 9th-12th Centuries
   by Yaacov Lev 115

4 Personal Adversities of Jews during the Period of the Fatimid Wars in Eleventh Century Palestine
   by Elinoar Bareket 153

5 Technology and Success of the First Crusade
   by John France 163

6 Zwischen Joseph-Legende und Mahdi-Erwartung: Erfolge und Ziele Sultan Saladins im Spiegel zeitgenossicher Dichtung und Weissagung
   by Hannes Mohring 177

7 Kurdes et Turcs dans l'armee ayyoubide de Syrie du Nord
   by Anne-Marie Edde 225

8 The Impact of the Crusades on Rural Society and Religious Endowments: The Case of Medieval Syria (Bilad al-Sham)
   by Yehoshua Frenkel 237

9 Mongol Society and Military in the Middle East: Antecedents and Adaptations
   by John Masson Smith, Jr. 249

10 The Mamluk Officer Class During the Reign of Sultan Baybars
   by Reuven Amitai-Preiss 267

11 Les dernieres Batailles du grand emir Yasbak min Mahdi
   by Bernadette Martel-Thoumian 301

12 Gunpowder Weapons at the Siege of Constantinople, 1453
   by Kelly DeVries 343

13 Ottoman Military Technology: the Metallurgy of Turkish Armour
   by Alan Williams 363

14 A Note on Hudna: Peace Making in Islam
   by Gideon Weigert 399

Index 407

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