Having laid waste to the once glorious city of Baghdad, Hulegu Ilkhan now sets his sights east of the Euphrates, to the fertile lands of Syria and Egypt beyond. But what's to follow will set of a momentous clash in Galilee, at a spring called Ain Jalut, that will shake the very fundaments of history...

Time Period Covered:1258-1260 CE

Major Historical Figures:Mongol Empire:Mongke KhaghanKhubilai IlkhanAriq Boke

Ilkhanate:Hulegu IlkhanGeneral BaijuGeneral Kitbuqa

Ayyubid Dynasty:al-Muzzam Turanshahal-Malik al-Nasir Yusufal-Azizal-Zayn al-Hafizi

Mamluks:Saif ad-Din QutuzBaybars al Bunduqdari, "The Great Lord Panther"

European Christendom:King Louis IX of FranceBohemond V of AntiochBohemond VI of AntiochKing Hethum I of Cilicia

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