The Fall of Alexandria to the Arabs

The fall of alexandria to the arabs marked the end of an era of hellenism which had existed since the time of alexander the great. The byzantines were being ruled by emperors of the heraclian dynasty, who take their name from their patriarch, heraclius,. They defeated the sisanian persians before the arrival of the arab moslems from arabiain. It is even written that the island of rhodes was taken by the arabs and sold for scrap.