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Answer: Mamluks were defeated by by the square formation, which the mamluk cav.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You How did Napoleon defeat a 100,000 Mamlukes in 1799 in Egypt? Aren't they the same infamous Mamlukes who crushed the Mongols and Crusaders? Alec De Meulemeester, studied at Douglas College Written May 11 Mamluks were defeated by by the square formation, which the mamluk cavalry didn't have an answer for and couldn't effectively charge the French infantry. Not to say the maml... Read More » Are great chess players usually great at math and physics? Rob Weir, Majored in astrophysics in college Updated Oct 18, 2016 I remember an interview during one of the Karpov-Kasparov matches, where the interviewer asked each of them whether they had any hobbies. Karpov answered first, and said, "... Read More » Does Iran's Kowsar fighter jet stand a chance against Israeli F-35 stealth warplanes? Mert Toker, Owner. Real Estate Broker for Citizenship Purposes at Self-Employment (2017-pres... Written Apr 3 No. None of the planes of the İranian airforce has a credible chance against the Israeli airforce especially the F-35. However, that's not the point. Iran is protected by t... Read More » Why are the mainland Chinese people so patriotic? Martin Sebastian Written Apr 21 The answer is pretty simple Imagine if you live in a country, that almost every foreign power you came across in the last 200 years has fucked you over. Killed, raped, plund... Read More » Why is the Goldbach Conjecture not proven if it's obviously true? (I'm in high school and don't know much about it.) Michael Mark Ross, Autodidactic number empiricist Written Mar 11 I think your question is very fair. Mathematicians want to prove it to infinity - and that's a big number :) A while ago, I realized this: If a number is the average of two ... Read More » Why is Malaysia richer, more developed, and more stable than Indonesia, despite having similar culture and geography? Is it a success of the British colonization since Malaysia is a former British colony while Indonesia is a former Dutch colony? Goshio Arago, Studying colonial impact.. Written Jun 24, 2020 Ahh my answers after long being not in Quora. Not at all, it wasn't British colonial success. While yes it does give Malaya an advantage as being the dumping ground for Brit... Read More » Which Roman gladiator won the most contests and what was the gladiator type? Christopher Bowers, Historian, Strategist, Martial Artist Written Dec 4, 2017 As Alberto Yagos points out, one of the most successful individual gladiators we know of was Flamma, a Secutor. Secutors were developed specifically to stop the rampage of a... Read More » Does North Korea realize that America's Military budget makes it highly likely that it will eventually develop an impenetrable missile defense system that will effectively neutralize north Korea's missile and nuclear program? Thierry Etienne Joseph Rotty, Senior Controller at NATO Written Jun 4, 2020 It is actually the other way around, Americans do not realize ABMs do not work. I will explain with an extremely simplified example. North Korea deploys 1 ICBM with 1 warhead... Read More » Has there ever been a brilliant mathematician who was hopeless at providing proofs? Charles S., former mathematician, current patent lawyer Written Jul 17, 2020 "Hopeless" is a pretty strong word. Two examples come to mind, one of which I'm sure many will disagree with: First is Ramanujan. His lack of formal training is legendary, a... Read More » Which actor got the role of a lifetime and absolutely wasted it? Chris Reid, lives in Scotland Updated Apr 23 Quite a few people have mentioned who I was going to answer with, which was George Lazenby as James Bond in the 007 film franchise. So instead I'm going to go with a differe... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/