This paper finishes Unit III of my unpublished book, "The Enchanting Encounter with the East".
The Mongol Empire is on the brink of war with Egypt. Eljigidei, the Mongol military governor in the eastern Mediterranean, is making overtures to Louis IX of France concerning the assistance in the struggle against the mutual enemy. The Muslim warfare on two fronts, against the Mongols and the Latin Christians, leads to the rise of the Mamluks. The Il-khan Hulegu resumes a proposal, suggesting that Louis would stage a naval blockade of Egypt in support of the ground assault of the Mongols. Meanwhile, the Mongol Empire starts to crumble.
You may read this paper https://www.academia.edu/41372103/The_Swan_Song_of_the_Mongol_Thrust
as well as other 16 articles uploaded on a popular research site.
I'm going to continue publishing other chapters. The next unit is titled "Mapping Marvels and Monsters: In the Shadow of the Iron Gate". It focuses on the popular medieval image of Alexander's Gate which is linked to other myths of the European Middle Ages.
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