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In Our Time: The Mamluks
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria.
Ibn Battuta: History’s real life Indiana Jones
Ibn Battuta was one of the world’s great travelers and travel writers of premodern times.
How past civilisations searched for the soul
The fascinating ways our predecessors attempted to locate the soul within the body.
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Tumanbay
Epic saga by John Dryden and Mike Walker, inspired by the Mamluk slave dynasty of Egypt.
