History of the Copts

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The History of the Copts Podcast is a narrative history of Roman and Medieval Egypt through the eyes of its native population, the Copts. The Podcast is a part of @copticvoiceus – a 501C(3) non-profit with the mission to help forge a global Coptic identify.

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Episodes

Episode 97. Epilogue

Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! Intro Music: Lullaby of Democracy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CU09lSXzKk Outro Music: Stranger - Poem by Pope Shenouda III - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnGsPsbAtK0&t

Oct 13, 2020•24 min•Season 2Ep. 97

Episode 96. Cyril Ibn Laqlaq

The reign of Cyril, the 7th Crusade, the Rise of the Mamluks. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Oct 08, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 96

A New Home!

visit https://historyofthecopts.com/ Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Oct 06, 2020•1 min

Special Announcement. The End.

An end date for the Podcast! Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Oct 06, 2020•6 min•Season 2Ep. 96

Episode 95. Golden Age.

The Fifth Crusade and the golden age that wasn't supposed to happen. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Sep 29, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 95

Episode 94. The Empty Throne.

When there was no Patriarch... Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Sep 22, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 94

Episode 93. The Third Crusade. Part 2

Closing the Crusading loop. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Sep 15, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 93

Episode 92. The Third Crusade. Part1

Europe comes to Jerusalem. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Sep 08, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 92

Episode 91. Jerusalem, again!

Back to Jerusalem! Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Aug 25, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 91

Episode 90. The Leper King

Pre-Second Crusade Greater Syria and Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Aug 18, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 90

Episode 89. Salah ad-Din

Saladin's conquest of Syria. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Aug 11, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 89

Episode 88. The Iron Rod.

The reigns of the Patriarchs John the Fifth and Mark Ibn Zur'ah. Special appearance by the enigmatic priest Murqus Ibn al Qunbur. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Aug 04, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 88

Bonus Episode 9. Interview w/ Dr. Werthmuller

Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! Insights from the Fatimids and Ayyubids period from Dr. Werthmuller - author of Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt, 1218-1250 Available here: https://amzn.to/2D4Z2zz

Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 32 min

Episode 87. The Massacre of Bilbais

When the Crusaders were in Cairo. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Jul 13, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 87

Episode 86. Convergence

The second Crusade and the emergence of a unified Syria. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Jul 07, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 86

Episode 85. The Battles of Gabriel

The reign of Gabriel II Ibn Turayk - the slow decline of the Fatimids and the rise of anti-Christian tension in Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Jun 30, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 85

Episode 84. True Crime

The beginning of the end of the Fatimids. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Jun 16, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 84

Episode 83. The Monk Who Had Nothing

Macarious, the 69th Patriarch. The Crusaders first attempt to conquer Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Jun 04, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 83

Episode 82. A kingdom is born

The Fatimids move to crush the Crusaders. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

May 26, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 82

Episode 81. Jerusalem

The Crusades begins... Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

May 19, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 81

Episode 80. The Cannons of Cyril

The life and times of Cyril II, politics in Egypt just before the Crusades. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

May 10, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 80

Episode 79. The Armenian Conquest

An Armenian freed slave comes to conquer Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Apr 21, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 79

Episode 78. The Seljuk Turks

The Patriarch is captured and sold as a slave. The Seljuk Turks arrive to the Middle East. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Apr 14, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 78

Episode 77. The Cannons of Christodoulos

See the cannons here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35648035 Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Apr 04, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 77

Episode 76. The myth of al Hakim

The end of al Hakim reign. Shenouda the 2nd and Bukhaira. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Feb 25, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 76

Episode 75. The Greater Persecution

al Hakim measures against Christians and Jews in the Caliphate. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Jan 30, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 75

Episode 74. The Year 1000

Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! The early reign of the controversial Caliph al Hakim bi amr allah and the elevation of the Patriarch Zachariah

Jan 21, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 74

Episode 73. The Saga of Ibn Raga

Al Aziz reign. Philotheus the Patriarch. Paul Ibn Raga. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Dec 17, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 73

Episode 72. When the Mountains Moved

Yeb. Someone moved a mountain, but what did REALLY happen? Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Dec 03, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 72

Episode 71. Abraham and Sawrius

The Fatimid State. The Patriarch Abraham Ibn Zari'ah and Severus of Al Ashmunin. Prelude to Al-Muqattam. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today!

Nov 19, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 71

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