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    00611; 31.22972 Babylon Fortress (Arabic: حصن بابليون; Coptic: ⲡⲁⲃⲓⲗⲱⲛ or Ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ)[better source needed] is an Ancient Roman fortress on the eastern bank...
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    The Babylon Fortress, a major military stronghold of the Byzantine Empire in Egypt, was captured by forces of the Rashidun Caliphate after a prolonged...
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    the fortress located between the current neighborhoods of Abdyn and Azbakeya. The defeated Byzantine soldiers retreated to either the Babylon Fortress or...
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  • and Cyrus rushed to the Babylon Fortress, sent scouts to Bilbeis to hinder the Arabs' advance, and had the Babylon Fortress fortified. Outside the city...
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    importance, the Romans established a large fortress along the east bank of the Nile. The fortress, called Babylon, was built by the Roman emperor Diocletian...
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  • are built in Saxon style. May – Siege of Babylon Fortress: The Rashidun army lays siege to Babylon Fortress in the Nile Delta (near Cairo). The next two...
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    Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Cairo was founded by the Fatimid dynasty in 969. It later superseded...
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    the present Babylon Fortress. In the 2nd century AD, Claudius Ptolemy refers to the canal as the "River of Trajan". Diocletian's fortress enveloped the...
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    Γεωργίου; Arabic: كنيسة القديس جورج) is a Greek Orthodox church within the Babylon Fortress in Coptic Cairo. It is part of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St...
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    Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many...
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    journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the Babylon Fortress.[citation needed] The church is dedicated to Sergius and Bacchus, who...
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    Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a...
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  • Babylon Berlin is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten, it is...
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    to the Babylon Fortress. However, Timagenes, a native of Egypt with knowledge of the land, ambushed the Roman rear and captured the fortress. Tenagino...
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    Babylon the Great, commonly known as the Whore of Babylon, refers to both a symbolic female figure and a place of evil as mentioned in the Book of Revelation...
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    another general, Theodore, who gathered his forces around Babylon Fortress, a major fortress in Egypt. By summer 640, 'Amr's forces had swelled to around...
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  • thousand men., It was recorded by Al-Dhahabi that during the Siege of the Babylon Fortress, Ibn Maslamah was one of the soldiers who was chosen by Zubayr ibn...
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    capture of Heliopolis, 'Amr and Zubayr returned to Babylon. Later, during the Siege of Babylon Fortress, both sides exchanged envoys in an effort to demoralize...
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    the Fort of Qaitbay; Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built...
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    of Coptic Cairo. The building is located on the eastern part of the Babylon Fortress and is one of the oldest buildings in Cairo, dating back to the 5th...
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  • 1632–1848; subsequently the Archdiocese of Baghdad Babylon, Egypt Diocese of Babylon, at Babylon Fortress in Coptic Cairo, Egypt; an Early Christian suffragan...
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    Buhen (redirect from Buhen fortress)
    fortress in Buhen, along with the other fortresses around the 2nd cataract. These fortresses established a new border for Upper Egypt. The fortress itself...
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  • In Egypt: Siege of Babylon Fortress, between the forces of Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate Fall of Babylon Siege of Babylon This disambiguation...
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    soldiers by Zubayr ibn al-Awwam. 'Amr first besieged and conquered Babylon Fortress, and then attacked Alexandria. The Byzantines, divided and shocked...
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  • Al-Muqawqis, agreed to pay 50,000 gold coins. Later, during the Siege of Babylon Fortress, early chroniclers the mid medieval chronicler Qatadah reported that...
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    Byzantine Vicarius learned of their plans and collected the garrisons of the fortresses. Seeing the great number of the enemy forces, the Muslims withdrew to...
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    historian A. J. Wensinck. During his siege of Babylon, Amr had erected an encampment near the fortress. He originally intended for Alexandria to serve...
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  • Atlantic Wall, constructed by the Germans during the Second World War Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo. Baggush Box Bar Lev Line Beijing city fortifications...
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    towards Alexandria, but rather at removing the Byzantine fortress of Babylon (Siege of Babylon Fortress) on the Nile Delta. The destruction of the Byzantine...
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    Hazir 1st Aleppo Iron Bridge 2nd Emesa Germanicia Egypt Heliopolis Babylon Fortress Alexandria Nikiou Darishkur Bahnasa North Africa Sufetula Vescera Mamma...
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