Babylon (English spelling)

Japanese: Babylōn(英語表記)Babylon
Babylon (English spelling)


【history】

[Construction of Fustat]
In ancient times, the area around present-day Cairo was the site of the city of Memphis, located in the southwest near the mountains on the left bank of the Nile, and the city of Heliopolis in the northeast. Later, immigrants from Mesopotamia established the city of Babylon in a strategic location where the eastern mountains in the south approached the Nile. Eventually, the Romans built a fort there, and it became a base of control during the Byzantine period. In 641, the Arab general Amr ibn al-As invaded Egypt, defeated the Byzantine army, and seized the area. In 642, he established the military city (Misr al-Fustat) here for the Egyptian governor. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Babylōn" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


【歴史】

[フスタートの建設]
 現在のカイロ付近には,古代には,南西のナイル川左岸の山寄りにメンフィスの町があり,北東にはヘリオポリスHeliopolisの町があった。その後メソポタミアからの移民によって,南部の東の山がナイル川に迫った要地にバビロンBabylōnの町ができ,やがてそこにローマ人が砦を築き,ビザンティン時代も支配の拠点となった。641年,エジプトに侵入したアラブ軍の将軍アムル・ブン・アルアースはビザンティン軍を破ってこの地を奪い,642年にエジプト総督のための軍営都市(ミスル)フスタートをここに設定した。…

※「Babylōn」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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