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The Egyptian Greeks, also known as Egyptiotes (Greek: Αιγυπτιώτες, romanized: Eyiptiótes) or simply Greeks in Egypt (Greek: Έλληνες της Αιγύπτου, romanized: Éllines tis Eyíptou), are the ethnic Greek community from Egypt that has existed from the Hellenistic period until the aftermath of the Egyptian coup d'état of 1952, when most were forced to leave.
As a result, the Greek population in Egypt decreased by 80%. [8] Many Greek schools, churches, small communities, and institutions subsequently closed, but many continue to function to this day. The Nasser regime saw a significant exodus of Greeks from Egypt, but most of the minority left the country either before or after the period 1952–1970.
In this book, James claims that the ancient Greeks were not the original authors of Greek philosophy, but that ideas and concepts were stolen from the Ancient Egyptians when Alexander the Great "invaded Egypt and captured the Royal Library at Alexandria and plundered it", and that Aristotle's ideas came from these stolen books and that he ...
Churches in the Greek and Antiochian traditions, along with the Orthodox Church in America, observed Christmas on Dec. 25. Some churches in the Slavic tradition, including Serbian and smaller ...
Another of the Greek successor states, the Seleucid Empire, would conquer Judea from Egypt during a series of campaigns from 235–198 BCE. During both Ptolemaic and Seleucid rule, many Jews learned Koine Greek , especially upper class Jews and Jewish minorities in towns further afield from Jerusalem and more attached to Greek trading networks ...
Christmas during the Middle Ages was a public festival that incorporated ivy, holly, and other evergreens. [38] Christmas gift-giving during the Middle Ages was usually between people with legal relationships, such as tenant and landlord. [38]
Born in Bologna, in 1815 he travelled across Greece, and later he reached Egypt where he joined the Egyptian Army during the conquest of Sudan. In 1830 he became surgeon major . [ 1 ] Under the army, he stayed at Sennar and then at Khartoum where he met the Albanian merchant Antonio Stefani. [ 2 ]
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