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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
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Topics/Themes:
• Citadels and the military caste
• The early modern that isn’t Europe
• Black Death and the rural/urban dichotomy
Readings:
• Maqrizi (1994). Mamluk economics : a study and translation of al-Maqrizi's Ighathah. A. Allouche (trans.) Salt Lake City, University of Utah. (selections)
• Rabbat, N. O. (1995). The Citadel of Cairo : a new interpretation of Royal Mamluk architecture. Leiden ; New York, E.J. Brill. (sections)
• Ghitani, J (1988). Zayni Barakat. F. Abdel Wahab (trans). London ; New York, Viking. (a novel)