Cover illustration: ‘Village and pyramids during the flood’ (1890s), Frank G. Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress, LOT 11356-35 (LCCN 2001705532).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fulton, Michael S., author.
Title: Contest for Egypt : the collapse of the Fatimid caliphate, the ebb of crusader influence, and the rise of Saladin / by Michael S. Fulton.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: History of warfare, 1385–7827 ; volume 139 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022014475 | ISBN 9789004512276 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004516250 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Egypt—History—640–1250. | Egypt—History, Military—To 1500. | Crusades—History. | Fatimites—Egypt—History.
Classification: LCC DT173 .F85 2022 | DDC 962/.02—dc23/eng/20220427
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