attackers from mounting large attacks. However, in September 641, after a six-month siege, a day of ferocious attack commenced by 'Ubadah ibn as-Samit, reinforcement...

conquest of Egypt Siege of Alexandria (641), conducted by the Rashidun army against the Byzantine capital during the Muslim Conquest of Egypt Siege of Alexandria...

Muslim conquest of Egypt continues, with the siege of Alexandria. May – Constantine III, age 29, dies of tuberculosis after a four-month reign, leaving...

of Egypt in 641 AD, when a new capital was founded at Fustat (later absorbed into Cairo). Alexandria was best known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos)...

down. The first installment of tribute was paid on 10 December 641, sealing the surrender of Alexandria. After the siege was over, Cyrus negotiated with...

defeating the Byzantines in a string of victories ending with the surrender of Alexandria in 641 or 642. It was the swiftest of the early Muslim conquests. This...

Alexandria (641) – Muslim conquest of Egypt Siege of Shushtar (641–642) – Muslim conquest of Persia Siege of Gundishapur (642) – Muslim conquest of Persia...

mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376 - 444), the Pope of Alexandria from 412 to 444. Cyrus of Alexandria (died about 641) a Melchite...

background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire. Following tradition, this timeline marks the deposition of Romulus Augustulus...

down. The first installment of tribute was paid on 10 December 641, sealing the surrender of Alexandria. After the siege was over, Cyrus negotiated with...

Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...

down. The first installment of tribute was paid on 10 December 641, sealing the surrender of Alexandria. After the siege was over, Cyrus negotiated with...

gained control of Egypt in 30 BC, eclipsed Alexandria in size and wealth. The city fell to the Arabs in AD 641, and a new capital of Egypt, Fustat, was...

Byzantine emperor in 641. Heraclonas was the son of Heraclius and his niece Martina. His father had stipulated in his will that both of his sons, Heraclonas...

method in Europe for naming years. March 12 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges of the Ostrogoths ends his siege (after 374 days) and abandons Rome. He retreats...

morally and physically. It would be more of a war of patience than strength. In February 641, 'Amr set off for Alexandria from Babylon with his army. All along...

The first Arab siege of Constantinople in 674–678 was a major conflict of the Arab–Byzantine wars, and the first culmination of the Umayyad Caliphate's...

Prehistoric Italy. Date of the prehistoric era are approximate. For further background, see history of Italy and list of prime ministers of Italy. Millennia:...

hold this office. Plague of Justinian: Bubonic plague appears suddenly in the Egyptian port of Pelusium, spreading to Alexandria and, the following year...

War of the Second Coalition: Egypt and Syria 800km 500miles 6 5 Jaffa 4 Cairo 3 Alexandria 2 Malta 1    The French invasion of Egypt and Syria was the...

of Persia. He died around 641-642 of wounds he received during his siege in Shushtar against the Sasanian Empire. Al-Barā has become a role model of conducting...

Arab siege of Constantinople was a combined land and sea offensive in 717–718 by the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate against the capital city of the...

of the Picts. November 8 – Siege of Alexandria: Muslim Arabs under 'Amr ibn al-'As capture Alexandria after a six-month siege. Byzantine officials formally...

before the formal surrender of the capital, Alexandria, took place on 4 November 641. But Sir Walter Scott asserts that "the fate of Byzantine Africa was decided...

The Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant and the result of the military efforts of the Rashidun Caliphate against...

of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641. The province encompassed most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai. It was bordered by the provinces of...

Crusades, when it became the site of two significant Crusader battles: the Battle of Ascalon in 1099, and the Siege of Ascalon in 1153. The Mamluk sultan...

siege to Alexandria. The last major center to fall into Arab hands was Alexandria, which capitulated in September 642. According to Hugh Kennedy, "Of...

Caliphate under the command of Abu al-A'war and the Byzantine Empire led by emperor Constans II (r. 641–668). The battle was part of the earliest campaign by...

orders of the Saracen leader, Amar, the Serapeum of Alexandria, containing works that had survived the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, is burned...