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during his reign, Basil II planned to campaing in the Levant all the way south to capture Jerusalem. let's say he manages to do that, and conquer much of the rest the Levant too, and hold it against the Fatimids, Abbaids, Emirs of Aleppo, and so forth.

would this be a good position to launch an invasion / reconquest of Egypt? Basil could raise a fleet and a massive army and attack across the Sinai and through a naval assault. the Fatimids were beginning to decline in the early 11th century I think, so might the Byzantines be able to successfully retake Egypt from the Fatimids and restore it as part of the Empire? or is it ASB by this point?
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