The studies in this volume explore central topics characterizing the political, social and economic systems of Egypt and Syria under Mamluk rule (1250-1517). Drawing on Arabic sources including archival material, poetry and chronicles as well as modern research literature, twelve leading scholars in the field analyze a vast range of issues in Mamluk history and provide new perspectives on pivotal features such as European-Mamluk diplomacy, social relationships and identity in Mamluk society, rural and urban economy and water management in late medieval Egypt and Syria, reflecting major research trends in Mamluk history over the last four decades. With contributions by Frédéric Bauden, Stuart J. Borsch, Joseph Drory, Kurt Franz, Yehosua Frenkel, Daisuke Igarashi, Yaacov Lev, Amalia Levanoni, Li Guo, Carl F. Petry, Jo Van Steenbergen, Koby Yosef. Amalia Levanoni (Ph.D. Hebrew University, 1990) is Professor Emerita of Medieval Islamic History at Haifa University. She served as Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa from 2004-2007 and as President of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel from 2014-2016. Her research focuses on the political and material culture of Mamluk Egypt and Syria, 1250-1517. She is the author of The Mamluk Ascendancy to Power in Egypt (Haifa, 1987), A Turning Point in Mamluk History, The Third Reign of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad Ibn Qalāwūn (1310-1341) (Leiden, 1995) and co-editor (with Michael Winter) of The Mamluks in Egyptian and Syrian Politics and Society (Leiden, 2004). She published numerous articles and chapters in edited volumes and journals, such as Studia Islamica , the /i>International Journal of Middle East Studies, Der Islam , Mamluk Studies Review and Arabica and is responsible for many entries in encyclopedias.