Saracen Strongholds 1100-1500 The Central and Eastern Islamic Lands

Name: Saracen Strongholds 1100-1500 The Central and Eastern Islamic Lands
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ISBN: 9781846033759

ISBN-10: 1846033756

ISBN-13: 9781846033759

Edition: 2009

Authors: David Nicolle, Adam Hook

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By the time of the Crusades, the Islamic world had developed its own sophisticated styles of fortification. Distinctive and highly effective, the region's unique military architecture continued to evolve in response to the Crusader and Mongol threats, and also drew upon the traditions of their foes and neighbors. The resulting Islamic concepts of military architecture had an influence upon fortifications in Western Europe, including Italy and the Iberian Peninsula. Rather than providing security for feudal aristocracies, however, as was increasingly the case in Europe, Islamic fortifications continued to focus upon the defence of cities and frontiers Covering fortifications as far apart as…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 9/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction


Design and Development


Egypt and Syria before the Seljuks


The Great Seljuks and their rivals


Atabegs and the Seljuks' successors


Anatolian Seljuks and Ayyubids


The Mamluks


The Mongols and after


Islamic India


The Living Sites


Egypt and Syria before the Seljuks


Seljuks and Atabegs


The Ayyubids


Mamluks, Mongols and Timurids


The Sites at War


The Middle East before the Seljuks


The Great Seljuks


Ayyubids and Mamluks


The Mongols and after


Aftermath


Bibliography


Index