Episode 47. Whips and Scorpions
The Arab Conquest of Egypt. Amr Ibn al-‘As crosses the Easern borders of Egypt. Fall of Pelusium.
History of the Copts
The Arab Conquest of Egypt. Amr Ibn al-‘As crosses the Easern borders of Egypt. Fall of Pelusium.
Exclusive Episode: full access here - https://www.patreon.com/JonathanAdly. The Arab armies conquer Syria and Palestine and achieve a total victory at Yarmuk
A quick overview of the birth of Caliphate and Islam. Second half is behind a paywall. Can be accessed here: https://www.patreon.com/JonathanAdly
In this episode we follow the years between Heraclius recovering the Empire, and the eventual Arab conquest- with the rise and then demise of monenergism in the background
This episode explores the dynamic between a conquering Persian army, and a native Christian population in the Middle East, few years before the Arab conquest.
In the episode we go through the civil war inside the Byzantine Empire that preceded the Persian conquest of Egypt, and eventually the Arab conquest
In this episode we go through the collapse of the Arab Christian tribes, the schism between Antioch and Alexandria, and the three brother rebellion
In this episode we go through the period between 565 AD and 578 AD, a chaotic period in the history of the Copts, where the Egyptian church was disintegrating into various factions
This episode is an interview about Pope Leo the Great and Chalcedon with the Host of the History of the Papacy Podcast - Stephen Guerra
In this episode we discuss the Christianization of the Nile valley beyond Egypt, the Justinianic plague, and the three Chapter controversy