Description: In this volume, we try to understand the "Mamluk Empire" as a region where several nodes of different networks existed. These networks constitute to a great extent the core of the so-called Mamluk society; they form the basis of the social order. Following concepts refined in the New Area Studies, recent reflections about the "Empire
Brief description: Prof. Dr. Stephan Conermann teaches Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn.