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Mongols vs Mamluks

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Why the Mongols Aren't Pushing on Into Egypt

Mongols defeated the main field in Syria, but why didn't they push on into Egypt? Various reasons have been provided for that. Some are more persuasive than others. Damascus is quite hard to support when you're 400 or 500 miles beyond your borders. So I suspect that the Mongols probably saw this as being a sort of preliminary attack to weaken the Mamluk Empire with a more serious invasion army to follow.

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