Interesting. However, the Cossacks weren’t so much in favor of freedom as they were in favor of freedom for Cossacks.
Not sure how many Mamelukes were ethnic Russians or Ukrainians—those areas are far from Egypt. But Egypt, after the Mamelukes seized control, was one of the few countries to defeat the Mongols, at Ain Jalut in 1260. Afterwards, they eliminated the last of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Even after the Ottomans conquered Egypt as a result of the Battle of Cairo in 1517, they allowed the Mamelukes to run the country until 1811, when Egypt’s Ottoman ruler Muhammad Ali had them massacred.
“Charge of the Light Brigade”?
I saw a map once as a demonstration of different ways to display info graphically. A large arrow leaving France represented Napoleans Army. Each successive arrow was dated. Over the ensuing 6 months that arrow’s size was impressively diminished.
I saw a map once as a demonstration of different ways to display info graphically. A large arrow leaving France represented Napoleans Army. Each successive arrow was dated. Over the ensuing 6 months that arrow’s size was impressively diminished.
Here it is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia#/media/File:Minard.png
