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Why were Egyptian Mamluks so badly beaten by both the Ottoman Empire and French Empire? Are both campaigns cases of melee cavalry being shot to death by well-disciplined infantry relying on gunpowder weaponry?

by /u/AndaliteBandit- in /r/AskHistorians

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