The Islamization of Egypt occurred after the seventh-century Muslim conquest, in which the Islamic Rashidun Caliphate seized control of Egypt from the Christian dominated Byzantine …

Dec 4, 2025 · The immigration of Arab tribesmen during the early centuries of the occupation, and their intermarriage with the indigenous inhabitants, must also have contributed to the gradual …

In this video, let's explore the journey of the Egyptian language, from hieroglyphs to Coptic, and how it was gradually replaced by Arabic. From the Pharaohs to the Fatimids, discover how...

All three stages overlap and do not start with one decisive incident or a definable juncture in the history of Egypt. The first stage is marked by the emergence of the new Arab aristocracy and …

Mar 5, 2025 · From the ancient grandeur of the Pharaohs to the religious and cultural reshaping brought by the Arabs, Egypt’s identity was forever altered. Under Arab rule, the nation not only …

Mar 2, 2020 · In that chapter, I discuss the Arab conquest of Egypt in the 600s and the subsequent conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Empire, which was an Islamic empire. Turkish …

The period of Arabic-Islamic Egypt began with the Muslim conquest of the region in the 7th century CE and extends through the various Islamic dynasties that ruled Egypt until the arrival …

1 day ago · The period of Egyptian history between the advent of Islam and Egypt’s entrance into the modern period opens and closes with foreign conquests: the Arab invasion led by ʿAmr ibn …

To begin, they assumed that Coptic conversion to Islam was the main cause of demographic change in Egypt: Egyptian Muslims are thus mostly of Coptic ethnic origin. Next, they …

There are questions about the nature of Egypt’s identity, its own perception of itself, its national identity. As such, the issue has serious political and cultural implications.