Medieval era · 639 CE – 642 CE
Arab conquest of Egypt
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.
- When
- 639 CE – 642 CE
- Where
- Roman Egypt
- Era
- Medieval
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Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Arab conquest of Egypt, CC BY-SA 4.0