Who Were the Mamluks?
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Who Were the Mamluks?
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#2For those find the topic interesting I would suggest reading "The Arabs: A History"[1] by Eugene Rogan. A truly fascinating read.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Arabs-History-Eugene-Rogan/dp/0465025...
Re: Who Were the Mamluks?
#3The Mamluks are a major power stuck between the Ottomans and Persia with a weird government form that almost guarantees rulers with a 6 in paper mana.
They somehow often colonize Australia.
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#4They were those bastards who nearly dominated the Ottoman Empire and all of the western Mediterranean region in my recent EU4 game. They listed me as a rival for nearly 200 years without ever waging war, which, in hindsight, was a blessing.
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#5They were those bastards who nearly dominated the Ottoman Empire and all of the western Mediterranean region in my recent EU4 game. They listed me as a rival for nearly 200 years without ever waging war, which, in hindsight, was a blessing.
Those games have taught me so much about history and geography. On a game map you have to fill in every bit of territory with whatever state was there at the time, not just ignore it the way the history you're taught in school can.
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#6They were those bastards who nearly dominated the Ottoman Empire and all of the western Mediterranean region in my recent EU4 game. They listed me as a rival for nearly 200 years without ever waging war, which, in hindsight, was a blessing.
you should first handle memluks before going west. (in the history, whole memluk region is conquered by ottoman empire with only a single war)
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#7They were those bastards who nearly dominated the Ottoman Empire and all of the western Mediterranean region in my recent EU4 game. They listed me as a rival for nearly 200 years without ever waging war, which, in hindsight, was a blessing.
you should first handle memluks before going west. (in the history, whole memluk region is conquered by ottoman empire with only a single war)
aren't the memluks those things that plague mamory management ?
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#8Tying things back to today: A Mameluke Sword is what you see US Marine Corps. officers carry on specific formal occasions (or in recruiting commercials!):
"Marine Corps history states that a sword of this type was presented to Marine First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon by the Ottoman Empire viceroy, Prince Hamet, on December 8, 1805, during the First Barbary War, in Libya, as a gesture of respect and praise for the Marines' actions at the Battle of Derna (1805)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mameluke_sword#United_States_M...
Re: Who Were the Mamluks?
#9They were those bastards who nearly dominated the Ottoman Empire and all of the western Mediterranean region in my recent EU4 game. They listed me as a rival for nearly 200 years without ever waging war, which, in hindsight, was a blessing.
you should first handle memluks before going west. (in the history, whole memluk region is conquered by ottoman empire with only a single war)
Didn't the Ottomans eventually have the Jannissaries demand more and more power?
So basically the same story as Mamluks rebelling against their Arab leaders.
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#10The Mamluks are a major power stuck between the Ottomans and Persia with a weird government form that almost guarantees rulers with a 6 in paper mana. They somehow often colonize Australia.
I'm sorry; is "paper mana" some uneducated term for admin power?
Also, yep. I was surprised to see them in Indonesia!