Muslims stopped in Eygpt

Is their anyway the Byzantines could have kept control of Egypt?
Emperor Heraclius lives another 10(ish) years and sends an army to reinforce Alexandria
The Nubian's declare their support and launch raids against the Arabs instead of just launching guerrilla warfare in their own territory
Cyrus of Alexandria makes no deal with the Muslims
 
Would the Byzantines have had the forces to do so? They'd been at war for the most part of 40 years by this point. It'd be an interesting PoD, though. For this to work, though, and that Egypt remains under Constantinople's control, there's going to have to be a religious truce. If the Byzantines continue to persecute the Monophysites, they'll never get the Egyptians to rally to the flag. OTL, many Coptic Christians welcomed the end of Byzantine rule since the Muslims let them worship as they pleased.
 
Would the Byzantines have had the forces to do so? They'd been at war for the most part of 40 years by this point. It'd be an interesting PoD, though. For this to work, though, and that Egypt remains under Constantinople's control, there's going to have to be a religious truce. If the Byzantines continue to persecute the Monophysites, they'll never get the Egyptians to rally to the flag. OTL, many Coptic Christians welcomed the end of Byzantine rule since the Muslims let them worship as they pleased.

Well the Byzantines had the forces to try to hold them at Yarmuk, maybe they could scrap something together.
 
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