Baybars' reign marked the beginning of Mamluk dominance in which region?
Western Europe
Southern Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
South Asia
Answer
The Mamluks were a military caste of slave soldiers who ruled Egypt and Syria from the 13th to 19th centuries. Baybars was a Mamluk sultan who ruled from 1260 to 1277. His reign marked the beginning of Mamluk dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean, as the Mamluks defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260.
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