Mongols, Turks, and Others

Reuven Amitai, Ph.D. (1990) in Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University, is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University. He has published extensively on the history of the late medieval Muslim world, particularly on the Mamluk Sultanate and the Mongol Ilkhanate.Michal Biran, Ph.D. (2000) in Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University, is a Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University. She has published on Inner Asian history in the Mongol and pre-Mongol period including Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia (Curzon, 1997).

'...new ground in the study of Eurasian nomadic interactions with sedentary peoples from 1100 BCE to 1999 CE...excellently written work...Summing up: Essential.'L.A. Kimbal, Choice, July/August 2005.