Levant was always expressive of travelling to Egypt, through it over invaders and
conquerors alike, so we find when all authorities and successive States in Egypt taken to
extend their power and influence to the Levantine homes, whom the Fatimids,
After
Fatimids control Egypt, even started their campaigns to Levant to expand and ensure their
security and stability, and that it did not cover over Levant interior but coastline featuring
many important metropolises, Such as the cities of Sidon, Tripoli and Latakia and other
vulnerable coastal centers, And that desire to expand into the Levant and it’s coast had her
collision with the Byzantines and their wide influence at Levant and the Levantine
coastline, Both of them had felt in the security stations its observers Levant coast
guaranteed invasion again as if the internal influence any destabilization or scaling, Which
they necessitated the military clash in a lot of times, As the influence of the parties on that
coast was between highs and lows, and subject to many considerations including domestic
situation and stability enjoyed by each other.
Libraries are considered the most important achievements of the Arab Islamic
civilizatation because of their important role in spreading science among Muslims, and
their impact on Europe that sunk into darkness. With the establishment of the Fatimi
d state
in Egypt in 358/969, the Fatimids tried to compete with Baghdad in the cultural field by
encouraging private and public libraries. Despite of the collapse of the Fatimid state, the
books of its libraries remained preserved in the libraries of civilizations that followed, such
as the Fadilia and Bimaraston Qaloun Schools .