| 1. | 'Amr next proceeded to choose a suitable site for the capital of Egypt.
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| 2. | Actually, he built it to be the capital of Egypt but not of the entire empire.
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| 3. | As in our timeline, Alexander's capital was at Alexandria which became the capital of Egypt.
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| 4. | They gained control of Alexandria, then the capital of Egypt, and forced Cleopatra out of the city.
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| 5. | Copper from Timnah, along with frankincense and myrrh from Thebes ( the capital of Egypt during the 18th dynasty ).
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| 6. | They led armed followers in seizing the grain ships heading to Alexandria, resulting in a famine within the capital of Egypt.
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| 7. | However, as the city of the god Amon-Ra, Thebes remained the religious capital of Egypt until the Greek period.
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| 8. | It fell to the Arabs in 641 AD, and a new capital of Egypt, Fustat, was founded on the Nile.
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| 9. | Her twelfth dynasty, Amenemhat I, moved the capital of Egypt to Itjtawy, the centre for her cult was moved as well.
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| 10. | Its capital, the city of Cairo, is the national capital of Egypt, and is part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area.
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