How did the #Mediterranean connect knowledge in medieval times? Valentina Pugliano (Ca’ Foscari Univ. Venice) explores healing and learning networks in the #Mamluk & #OttomanLevant (1400–1700) in our next online #seminar session

📍 26.05 | 17h–18h | Zoom.

https://www.dhi-paris.fr/de/termindetails/online-euro-mediterranean-entanglements-in-medieval-history-4.html

Online: Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History

Valentina Pugliano (Ca’ Foscari Univ. Venice), Healing and Learning in the Fondaco. A Forgotten Network of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Mamluk and Ottoman Levant 1400–1700

Asked by the #OttomanEmpire to crush a rebellion in Arabia, #Egypt's #MehmetAli asked #Mamluk élite to parade in Cairo on #ThisDayInHistory in 1811. In the #MassacreOfTheCitadel all but one of ~650 were killed, sweeping aside the old guard to open a period of rapid modernization.
Egyptian and Mongol cavalrymen clash
🏛️ The Sultan Hassan Mosque (1356-1362) is a breathtaking Mamluk masterpiece in Cairo. Four madrasas, soaring minarets, and dazzling marble mihrab showcase Islamic architectural brilliance. Once even served as a fortress! #IslamicArchitecture #Mamluk #Cairo #History #Medieval #Madrasa #Egypt #ArchitectureLovers #HistoricSites

Kairo, la Citadelle Zürich : Photoglob Company, ca. 1890-1910 Forts & fortifications,Egypt Cairo

#Kairo #PhotoglobCompany #Egypt #Cairo #MuhammadAliMosque #Ottoman #Egyptian #Mamluk #French #Zurich #photography #historicalPhotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017657143/

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/BVxxrDe23Ib

1260 - The Mongol expansion had reached the Middle East, and their power enabled them to crush the established states up to the Holy Land. The Holy Land was being claimed by an Egyptian Dynasty with Turkic origins, and as such, would also have mastery of horsemanship and archery. Would the Mongols meet their match?

#ainjalut #galilee #jezreelvalley #mongol #mamluk #mongolempire #qutuz #kitbuqa

Vol 4 Ep 73 - BATTLE - The Battle of Ain Jalut ( 1260 ) by History of the World podcast

1260 - The Mongol expansion had reached the Middle East, and their power enabled them to crush the established states up to the Holy Land. The Holy Land was being claimed by an Egyptian Dynasty with Turkic origins, and as such, would also have mastery of horsemanship and archery. Would the Mongols meet their match?

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Next weekend, we have Dr. Omniya Abdel Bar joining us in Witham to give a talk titled "Ancient Fragments Finding New Life: The reuse of building material in Cairo's medieval monuments"

Omniya Abdel Barr is an architect with experience in urban conservation, monument restoration and cultural heritage documentation and digitisation. Her work is focused on Mamluk art and architecture in Egypt.

#egypt #architecture #mamluk