Mamet Misconstrues Military Slavery History
To emphasize his point, Mr. Mamet includes a colorful sentence about historical Middle Eastern military slavery: 'The Ottoman Turks raised enslaved Mamelukes to the status first of guards and then of administrators, and all was well until the 'Lukes did the math and realized they didn't need the Turks.'
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