Siege of Alexandria (641)
641 battle between the Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Forces of the Rashidun Caliphate seized the major Mediterranean port of Alexandria away from the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle of the 7th century AD. Alexandria had been the capital of the Byzantine province of Egypt. This ended Eastern Roman maritime control and economic dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean and thus continued to shift geopolitical power further in favor of the Rashidun Caliphate.
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Siege of Alexandria (641) | |||||||
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Part of the Muslim conquest of Egypt (Arab–Byzantine Wars) | |||||||
Western tower, remains of the Hellenistic city wall fortifications. | |||||||
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Rashidun Caliphate | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
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Amr ibn al-A'as 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit |
Cyrus of Alexandria Theodore | ||||||
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