Mar 21, 2016
The Muslims arrived at Alexandria in July 641
It was perhaps the most magnificent and biggest city they've
encountered so far
Alexandria was founded by the Greek general Alexander the Great and
is named after him
In Arabic it is called Al-Iskandariyah
Alexander meant for it to be a great center of...
Mar 14, 2016
- The Romans, either from fear or incompetence, had done little to stop Amr during this time
- Finally, they had to march out from Babylon to meet Amr near Heliopolis and try to drive him from Egypt for good
- Amr's spies told him of their movements and he planned to go out to meet them in battle.
- But during the night he...
Mar 7, 2016
- In 451, 115 years before Prophet Muhammad, several men representing various facets of Christianity met in Chalcedon in modern Turkey.
- They were discussing how to define the true nature of Christ. They believed he was divine, yet he lived and died like a man.
- 3 weeks later, they decided Jesus Christ had two natures...