Mamluk Cairo: Life and Architecture | Calm History for Sleep | 5 Hours

Explore Mamluk Cairo in this calm history episode for sleep and relaxation. Discover the city’s architecture, hospitals, water systems, markets and daily life. This episode uses Al-Maqrizi's Khitat (Topographical Survey of Cairo) to explore the Qalawun complex hospital, Nilometer readings on Roda Island, Karimi spice merchants, and architectural stone masonry. Across twelve full-length chapters covering Middle East & Africa, we explore what happened, why it happened, what everyday life felt like for.