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The document summarizes the economic and financial crises faced by 15th century Egypt under Mamluk rule. It discusses factors like plague outbreaks, fluctuations in Nile flooding, and excessive taxation that disrupted agriculture and depopulated the country. Two scholars of the time, al-Maqrizi and al-Asadi, analyzed the crises and their causes, with al-Maqrizi blaming the monetary system and both recommending reforms to stabilize the economy.

Author

Son Go Han

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EN