Alexandria was sacked by the Arabs in 638 and retaken eight years later by Caliph Omar after a failed Byzantine counteroffensive. Omar razed the walls, moved the capital to Fustat (later Cairo), and allegedly ordered the destruction of the famous Library of Alexandria — though Brownworth is skeptical of the story, noting it dates 450 years after the fact and may be Christian propaganda.
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Episode 11 (26 mentions)
Alexandria was sacked by the Arabs in 638 and retaken eight years later by Caliph Omar after a failed Byzantine counteroffensive. Omar razed the walls, moved the capital to Fustat (later Cairo), and allegedly ordered the destruction of the famous Library of Alexandria — though Brownworth is skeptical of the story, noting it dates 450 years after the fact and may be Christian propaganda.
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