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Arab conquest of Egypt

Also known as Fall of Alexandria (641)

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  • start. 639high · Wikidata P580
  • end. 642high · Wikidata P582

Arab conquest of Byzantine Egypt (639-642) under Amr ibn al-As.

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The Arab conquest of Egypt, led by the army of Amr ibn al-As, under the Rashidun Caliphate took place between 639 and 642 AD. It ended the Roman period in Egypt which began in 30 BC and lasted for seven centuries, and more broadly, the Greco-Roman period which lasted for about a millennium.

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