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Roman Emperor of East defeated by Roman Emperor of the West, Constantine (first Christian emperor); & built up by Constantine.
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Constantinople considered capital of Byzantine Empire after Rome falls
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Constantinople further built up by Emperor Justinian I (e.g., Hagia Sophia, major Christian church; codification of Roman laws)
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city increasingly Greek in nature
7th to 8th centuries (span): many Arab (Muslim) sieges of city; Byzantine Empire shrunken -
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The movable typewriter was made by the chinese for easier life times in the 1050
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African muslim called Almoravids battled with non muslim.
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The Great Schism- break between Rome (papacy) and Constantinople (Greek Orthodox) 11th and 12th centuries (span): city and empire hurt by Crusades
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...... Took over old Ghana empire.
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city taken by Crusaders
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One of 3 great African trading empire.
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Sundiata army defeats Sumanguyna
New empire MALI is created -
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60000 people travling across thr=e Sahara.
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city of Constantinople taken by Ottoman Turks (Mehmet, or Muhammad, II); renamed Istanbul, made capital of Ottoman Empire, and revived as center of learning and religious tolerance.
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under Sultan Suleiman I, city at its height
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glory of city regained under Emperor Basil I; revival of learning (art and literature: older Greek models); major invasion by Turks
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city and empire hurt by Crusades
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city and empire hurt by Crusades
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Byzantine land in Asia taken by Ottoman Turks
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Byzantine land in Asia taken by Ottoman Turks
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Byzantine land in Asia taken by Ottoman Turks
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570-632 (span) lays the foundation for the establishment and spread of Islam
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Founded by Soninikr people
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Byzantium named by Roman Emperor Diocletian as a new center of Roman
Empire with power split between Rome (West) and Byzantium (East) -
glory of city regained under Emperor Basil I; revival of learning (art and literature: older Greek models); major invasion by Turks
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