To: neverdem
Here is the only contemporary account of the Muslim conquest of Egypt:
He only covers it in the last few pages, but it's not a pretty picture. Let me see if I can find a link online.
39 posted on
05/02/2010 6:09:40 PM PDT by
Antoninus
(It's a degenerate society where dogs have more legal rights than unborn babies.)
To: Antoninus
Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu
Scroll all the way down to the bottom. Nothing about the library, but a few tidbits about the ruinous taxation the Muslims imposed on the Egyptians.
Coincidentally, the Christian Egyptians put up little resistance to the Muslim invasion because they were too busy arguing with each other....
41 posted on
05/02/2010 6:18:57 PM PDT by
Antoninus
(It's a degenerate society where dogs have more legal rights than unborn babies.)
To: Antoninus
When the Arabs got to Cyprus, part of their "toleration" involved reducing the island's population precipitously ..... with the edge of the sword.
Thus a recent lecturer I heard on the archaeological excavation projects of Cyprus and their ties to historical records.
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