Babylon Fortress (Arabic: حصن بابليون; Coptic: ⲡⲁⲃⲓⲗⲱⲛ or Ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ)[1][better source needed] is an Ancient Roman fortress on the eastern bank of the Nile Delta, located in the area known today as Old Cairo or Coptic Cairo. The fortress was built circa 300 AD by Emperor Diocletian in order to protect the entrance to an ancient canal, previously rebuilt by Trajan, that linked the Nile with the Red Sea.
It was at the boundary between Lower and Middle Egypt, where the river craft paid tolls when ascending or descending the Nile. Within the fortress's former enclosure are the present-day Coptic Museum, a convent, and several churches, including the Church of St. George and the Hanging Church.
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The BabylonFortress, a major military stronghold of the Byzantine Empire in Egypt, was captured by forces of the Rashidun Caliphate after a prolonged...
the fortress located between the current neighborhoods of Abdyn and Azbakeya. The defeated Byzantine soldiers retreated to either the BabylonFortress or...
importance, the Romans established a large fortress along the east bank of the Nile. The fortress, called Babylon, was built by the Roman emperor Diocletian...
Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Cairo was founded by the Fatimid dynasty in 969. It later superseded...
the present BabylonFortress. In the 2nd century AD, Claudius Ptolemy refers to the canal as the "River of Trajan". Diocletian's fortress enveloped the...
are built in Saxon style. May – Siege of BabylonFortress: The Rashidun army lays siege to BabylonFortress in the Nile Delta (near Cairo). The next two...
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the BabylonFortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many...
Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of BabylonFortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a...
journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the BabylonFortress.[citation needed] The church is dedicated to Sergius and Bacchus, who...
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to the BabylonFortress. However, Timagenes, a native of Egypt with knowledge of the land, ambushed the Roman rear and captured the fortress. Tenagino...
the Fort of Qaitbay; Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built...
another general, Theodore, who gathered his forces around BabylonFortress, a major fortress in Egypt. By summer 640, 'Amr's forces had swelled to around...
of Coptic Cairo. The building is located on the eastern part of the BabylonFortress and is one of the oldest buildings in Cairo, dating back to the 5th...
thousand men., It was recorded by Al-Dhahabi that during the Siege of the BabylonFortress, Ibn Maslamah was one of the soldiers who was chosen by Zubayr ibn...
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