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476
Beginning of the Byzantine Empire
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527
Constantinople built up Hagia Sophia
Constantinople further built up by Emperor Justinian the major Christian church. -
532
Nika rebellion
The Nika riots did more damage to the city of Constantinople than any other event had yet. The riots were caused by tensions between Emperor Justinian I and two politically influential sporting teams known as the Blues and the Greens. Justinian was a well known supporter of the Blues. -
565
Justinian Dies
By the time Justinian had died he had almost restored the Roman Empire to its former size. He left monuments and buildings like the Hagia Sophia. However due to the plague and the large amounts of money spent on wars and buildings the Byzantine Empire was not in shape to hold on to all its conquests for long. -
Jan 1, 641
Start of The Golden age
Advances in military strength, religious influence, and the arts made the Byzantines one of the most powerful forces in the world of the Middle Ages. -
Jan 1, 1025
End of the golden age
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Apr 19, 1054
Great Schism between Catholic and Orthodox Christians
One of the main reasons for the Greast Schism of 1054 AD is the disagreement between the Romans and Byzantines concerning the "filioque." The filioque refers to the relative divinity of God the Father compared to the Son. The addition is accepted by Roman Catholic Christians but rejected by Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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Jan 6, 1449
The last emperor
Constantine XI Palaiologos took power, he was the last Byzantine emperor, he acknowledge the union of the church (he agreed with the two types of church) -
Jan 1, 1453
End of the Byzantine Empire
The siege and fall of Constantinople is one of the major events of world history heralding the end of the Byzantine Empire and the beginning of the Ottoman empire. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottoman Turks Take Constantinople
The Turks take over Constantinople, ending the Byzantine empire -
Justinian
The first emperador of the Byzantine Empire -
The emperor Justinian conquers the land to the south as well as North Africa and Italy
Then declares the study of the ancient Greek philosophers of the classical period to be illegal. The only philosophy of the empire is to be Christian theology. -
Constantinople Attacked
Arabs unsuccessfully attack Constantinople -
Byzantine culture spreads to Russia.
An influence that spread from the Byzantine Empire to Early Russia was the Orthodox Christian religion -
Language in Byzantine
Greek became the official language of Byzantine
