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Now I'm looking for something of equal insight on medieval Egypt, 1000-1500 AD, when the country was again a technology leader - but a period that tends to get short shrift in many histories. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 5, 2022

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Wilkinson insightful on the intersection of economic and military history. Question I was left with, however: Egypt was a military superpower until the advent of iron weapons; never again afterward. What went wrong? Ancient Egypt had iron resources. https://t.co/n3AE2Ku8ON — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 5, 2022

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Roger Crowley's histories are very interesting on Mamluk Egypt's intense involvements in Indian Ocean warfare versus the Portuguese in the early 1500s - suggests that it was defeat in those wars that left Egypt vulnerable to Ottoman conquest. https://t.co/iDmVBZRi24 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 5, 2022