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| c. 320 |
| | | Pachomius organizes in Egypt the first community of Christian monks, at Dandara on the Nile | |
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| c. 350 |
| | | The Cushite dynasty fades away in Nubia, after lasting for 1000 years or more | |
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| 367 |
| | | A document is distributed by the bishop of Alexandria, formally establishing the contents of the New Testament | |
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| c. 380 |
| | | The Codex Sinaiticus, the earliest surviving manuscript of the complete New Testament, is copied out - probably in Egypt | |
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| 642 |
| | | The unopposed capture of Alexandria by the Arabs completes the Muslim conquest of Egypt | |
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| 643 |
| | | The Coptic Christians of Egypt become isolated after the Muslim conquest | |
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| 828 |
| | | The Venetians, acquiring from Alexandria some bones believed to be those of St Mark, build St Mark's to house the valuable relic | |
|  | St.Mark's, Venice. Mosaic
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| c. 870 |
| | | Ahmad ibn Tulun, a Mameluke, seizes power in Egypt - establishing his own Tulunid dynasty | |
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| 969 |
| | | The Fatimids establish a new capital city on the Nile, calling it Al Kahira ('the victorious'), which becomes reduced to Cairo | |
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| 1171 |
| | | Saladin deposes the Fatimid caliph and brings Egypt back to orthodoxy, acknowledging the rule of the Sunni caliph in Baghdad | |
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