title: 283Crusading Plans for the Recovery of the Holy Land and the Eurasian Integration, 1300–1500
abstract: This chapter deals with the impact of the Mongol Empire on the Latin West at a crucial moment in the history of the Crusades.At this time, the Mamluks had brought the Sultanate of Cairo to its zenith, and the Holy Land had been completely lost.The enormous territorial continuum created by the Mongols, and its decisive effect in accelerating Eurasian Integration, was seen by a group of European theorists as an opportunity to alter the balance of power in the Mediterranean and secure tangible bene