World History › Section N · Crisis and new empires, 1300-1500 › Topic N.6
From the Mamluks to Ming China
Two powers outlasted the Mongols at opposite ends of Asia. In Egypt and Syria, men bought as boy slaves ruled a sultanate for more than 250 years; in China, a peasant rebel founded the Ming dynasty. This topic compares how each built and held power.
In this topic
- Soldiers who began as slaves
- From Ayyubid guards to sultans
- Baybars and the caliph in Cairo
- Worked example: chaos or a working system?
- Cairo, plague and the Ottomans
- The fall of the Yuan
- Hongwu's order
- Yongle's ambitions
- Worked example: why did Zheng He's voyages stop?
- Tumu, 1449
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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