Byzantine empire

Byzantine Empire

  • Beginning  of the Byzantine Empire
    476

    Beginning of the Byzantine Empire

  • Constantinople built up  Hagia Sophia
    527

    Constantinople built up Hagia Sophia

    Constantinople further built up by Emperor Justinian the major Christian church.
  • Nika rebellion
    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.
  • Justinian Dies
    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.
  • Start of The Golden age
    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.
  • End of the golden age
    Jan 1, 1025

    End of the golden age

  • Great Schism between Catholic and Orthodox Christians
    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.
    Additionally, there was also disagreement over the authority of the Pope.
  • The last emperor
    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)
  • End of the Byzantine Empire
    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.
  • Ottoman Turks Take Constantinople
    Jan 1, 1453

    Ottoman Turks Take Constantinople

    The Turks take over Constantinople, ending the Byzantine empire
  • Justinian

    Justinian

    The first emperador of the Byzantine Empire
  • The emperor Justinian conquers the land to the south as well as North Africa and Italy

    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

    Constantinople Attacked

    Arabs unsuccessfully attack Constantinople
  • Byzantine culture spreads to Russia.

    Byzantine culture spreads to Russia.

    An influence that spread from the Byzantine Empire to Early Russia was the Orthodox Christian religion
  • Language in Byzantine

    Language in Byzantine

    Greek became the official language of Byzantine