The Mamluk City in the Middle East History, Culture, and the Urban Landscape [Paperback]

An interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience and the nature of urbanism under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (12501517).The Mamluk City in the Middle East offers an interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience and the nature of urbanism in the region under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (12501517). The book focuses on three less-explored but politically significant cities in the Syrian region  Jerusalem, Safad (now in Israel), and Tripoli (now in Lebanon)  and presents a new approach and methodology for understanding historical cities. Drawing on diverse textual sources and intensive field surveys, Nimrod Luz adroitly reveals the character of the Mamluk city as well as various aspects of urbanism in the region.The Mamluk City in the Middle East offers an interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience and the nature of urbanism in the region under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (12501517). The book focuses on three less-explored but politically significant cities in the Syrian region  Jerusalem, Safad (now in Israel), and Tripoli (now in Lebanon)  and presents a new approach and methodology for understanding historical cities. Drawing on diverse textual sources and intensive field surveys, Nimrod Luz adroitly reveals the character of the Mamluk city as well as various aspects of urbanism in the region.The Mamluk City in the Middle East offers an interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience, and the nature of urbanism in the region under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (12501517). The book focuses on three less-explored but politically significant cities in the Syrian region  Jerusalem, Safad (now in Israel), and Tripoli (now in Lebanon)  and presents a new approach and methodology for understanding historical cities. Drawing on diverse textual sources and intensive field surveys, Nimrod Luz adroitly reveals the character of the Mamluk city as well as various aspects of urbanism in the region, el#*