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The Arab conquest of Egypt and the last thirty years of the Roman dominion
This classic historical study provides a detailed account of the seventh-century Arab conquest of Egypt and the final decades of Byzantine (Roman) rule in the region. Alfred J. Butler meticulously examines primary Greek, Coptic, and Arabic sources to reconstruct the military campaigns of Amr ibn al-As, the role of Cyrus, the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria, the surrender of the fortress of Babylon, and the complex political and religious dynamics that led to the transition of power from Constantinople to the nascent Islamic Caliphate.
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Babylon of Egypt : The Archaeology of Old Cairo and Origins of the City
Presents a history of old Cairo, known to the Romans as Babylon, based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006, revealing continuous occupation between the 6th century BC and the present.
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