HIST 232 Final, Spring 1996

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY weeny 932 Time: 2 hours History 23 2 Second Semester Final Examination 1995- 1996 Write an informative and well-organized essay on any two_ of the following questions: 1. What were the Frankish states set up in Syria during the Crusades. When and how were they founded and organized, and how were they run? . Trace the stages of the career of Saladin and assess its importance in the history of the medieval Near East. To what extent was the Mamluk regime a continuation of the preceding Ayyubid regime, in what ways did Mamluk rule in Egypt and Syria differ from the preceding Ayyubid rule? . Discuss the diplomatic and commercial relations of the Mamluk sultanate. . In what respect does the whole period of the Circassian sultans, starting with Barquq, represent the decline of the Mamluk sultanate?