Coptic period

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historical period period of Egyptian history

The Coptic period is the era in Egyptian history marked by the dominance of Coptic Christianity and distinctive Coptic art, language, and monastic culture, roughly spanning from late antiquity into the early Islamic centuries.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Coptic period canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of Egyptian history ⓘ
artForm	Coptic icons ⓘ Coptic illuminated manuscripts ⓘ Coptic textiles ⓘ Coptic wall paintings ⓘ
associatedWith	Red Monastery ⓘ Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ White Monastery ⓘ desert monastic settlements ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culture	Coptic culture ⓘ
endTime	7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ early Islamic centuries ⓘ
followedBy	Islamic period in Egypt ⓘ
follows	Byzantine period in Egypt ⓘ Roman period in Egypt ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Christian iconography ⓘ Coptic art ⓘ Coptic monasticism ⓘ fusion of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artistic elements ⓘ
hasPart	development of Coptic biblical manuscripts ⓘ development of Coptic hagiography ⓘ development of Coptic liturgy ⓘ early Islamic Egypt ⓘ late antique Egypt ⓘ rise of Egyptian monasticism ⓘ
heritage	Pharaonic religious iconography adapted to Christianity ⓘ late Egyptian language tradition ⓘ
languageUsed	Coptic language ⓘ
mainReligion	Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Coptic Christianity
notableFigure	Anthony the Great ⓘ Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ Pachomius the Great ⓘ Shenoute of Atripe ⓘ
religiousCenter	Alexandria ⓘ Thebaid ⓘ
religiousConflict	Eutychian (Monophysite) controversy ⓘ surface form: Chalcedonian–Miaphysite controversy
religiousInstitution	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
religiousTradition	Miaphysitism ⓘ
significantEvent	Muslim conquest of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Arab conquest of Egypt Christianization of Egypt ⓘ Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
startTime	4th century ⓘ late 3rd century ⓘ
writingSystem	Coptic script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian museums → heritagePeriodCovered → Coptic period ⓘ

Alexandria National Museum → focusesOn → Coptic period ⓘ

Medinet Madi → hasHistoricalPeriod → Coptic period ⓘ

historic city of Asyut → hasHistoricalPeriod → Coptic period ⓘ