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1 event · 8 research items · December 26, 0211 to December 26, 0211
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Arab-Muslim Conquest of Egypt
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Arab-Muslim Conquest of Egypt

639–642 CE — Forces commanded by Amr ibn al-As invade Byzantine Egypt during the early Islamic conquests. Byzantine resistance collapses gradually, and Alexandria even...

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Egypt in the Eastern Roman Empire
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Egypt in the Eastern Roman Empire

395–641 CE — Egypt becomes part of the eastern Roman Empire centered on Constantinople, later called Byzantine. Alexandria remains one of Christianity's major intellec...

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Egypt Becomes Roman
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Egypt Becomes Roman

30 BCE — Octavian captures Alexandria after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra. Egypt becomes a Roman province under unusually close imperial supervision because of it...

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Roman Egypt
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Roman Egypt

30 BCE–395 CE — Egypt remains one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest provinces. Alexandria continues as a major commercial and intellectual center while traditional Egyp...

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Where Is Cleopatra's Tomb?
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Where Is Cleopatra's Tomb?

30 BCE — Ancient writers indicate that Cleopatra and Mark Antony were buried together, but their burial place has never been securely identified. Archaeologists have e...

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The Ptolemaic Kingdom
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The Ptolemaic Kingdom

305–30 BCE — The Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt after the fragmentation of Alexander's empire. Its kings present themselves simultaneously as Hellenistic mon...

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Alexandria Is Founded
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Alexandria Is Founded

331 BCE — Alexander establishes Alexandria on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. Under his successors, the city becomes one of the greatest centers of trade and scholarship ...

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Second Battle of El Alamein Begins
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Second Battle of El Alamein Begins

23 October 1942 — British Commonwealth forces under Bernard Montgomery attack Axis positions in Egypt. The battlefield lies close to the furthest Axis advance toward A...

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