700              Adamnan, abbot of Iona, writes that Mark’s body buried in east part of altar of church of St. Mark in Alexandria with identifying marble monument.

c. 713–724      Berlin Papyrus 10677 originates from Egypt, on Arab rule.

    714              Use of Coptic language made illegal, Arabic imposed; taxation increased on Dhimmis.

    720              Death of Zacharias, bishop of Shkow (Sakha), author of Homilies on Holy Family in Egypt and on penitence, Lives of John Colobos, and his teachers at Scetis, Abraham and George.

    730–742      Theodore, patriarch of Alexandria.

    731              Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People echoes many earlier African voices (Origen, Pachomius, Augustine, Cyril) long buried in medieval European texts.

    743              John of Damascus (c. 645-c. 749) writes orthodox systematic theology catenae relying upon numerous Egyptian and African sources, The Source of Knowledge; John of Damascus on Islam;

On the Divine Images.

    743              Church of Saint Shenute of Old Cairo first mentioned where Kha’il I,patriarch of Alexandria (743-767) was elected.

    743–767      Michael, Coptic patriarch, acknowledges conversion of 24,000 Christians to Islam.

    745              Cyriacus (or Kyriakos), king of Dongola, marches to Cairo to free the Copt Patriarch Mikhail.

    767–776      Menas, patriarch of Alexandria.

    789–808      Coptic martyrdom narratives abound, some for allegedly “insulting the Prophet.”

    798              Aengus (Oengus) the anchorite writes On Feasts (Festilogium de Sancti Aengus), recording saints of Ireland, some having genealogical traces of Egyptian names; evidences of links between Egyptian Bawit monastery and Irish Jouarre monastary, Coptic and Irish illuminations of manuscripts.