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The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
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Slave-soldiers and enslaved mercenaries in the Muslim world
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Mongols
East Asian ethnic group
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Battle of Ain Jalut
1260 battle between the Mamluk Sultanate and the Mongol Empire
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Palestine (region)
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Mongol Empire
Empire in Eurasia
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