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Justinian took advantage of this to intervene in the affairs of the Ostrogoth state.
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in the first half of the 15th century. Thessaloniki was captured by the Ottomans in 1430
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It was the first of Justinian I's wars of reconquest of the lost Western Roman Empire. The Vandals had occupied Roman North Africa in the early 5th century,
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Justinian's rule constitutes a distinct epoch in the history of the Later Roman empire, ... by the partial recovery of the territories of the defunct western Roman empire
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justinian, Latin Codex Justinianus, formally Corpus Juris Civilis (“Body of Civil Law”), Justinian IAlinari—Giraudon/Art Resource, New Yorkthe collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian
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Hagia Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, also called Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom , Hagia SophiaRichard T. Nowitz/Corbiscathed
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The Nika riots (Greek: Στάσις τοῦ Νίκα Stásis toû Níka), or Nika revolt, took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in AD 532. It was the most violent
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525 AD - June 28, 548
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Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич) (22 January 1440, Moscow – 27 October 1505, Moscow), also known as Ivan the Great,[1][2] was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus' (Velikij kňaz’ vseja Rusi). Sometimes referred to as the "gatherer of the Rus' lands", he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over the Rus', renovated the Moscow Kremlin, and laid the foundations of what later became called the Russian state. He was one of the
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Theodora Restored Icons from 601-900 church history timeline. ... But after his death, Empress Irene worked with the Patriarch of Constantinople to call ... The first Sunday of Lent is still observed as the "Feast of Orthodoxy" in Eastern churches.
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The Great Schism, also known as the East-West Schism, was the event that divided "Chalcedonian" Christianity into Western (Roman) Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.^[1]^ Though normally dated to 1054, when Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael I excommunicated each other, the East-West Schism was actually the result of an extended period of estrangement between the two bodies of churches. The primary causes of the Schism were disputes over papal authority -- the Roman Pope claimed he held authority
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Batu Khan (/ˈbɑːtuː ˈkɑːn/; Mongolian: Бат хаан, Russian: хан Баты́й, Chinese: 拔都, Tatar: Бату хан; c. 1207–1255), also known as Sain Khan (Mongolian: Good Khan, Сайн хаан) and Tsar Batu,[2] was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, division of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His ulus was the chief state of the Golden Horde, which ruled Rus', Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, and the Caucasus for around 250 years, after also destroying the armies of Pola
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The Byzantine–Seljuq Wars (Turkish: Bizans-Selçuklu Savaşları) were a series of decisive battles that shifted the balance of power in Asia Minor and Syria from the Byzantine Empire to the Seljuq Turks. Riding from the steppes of Central Asia, the Seljuq Turks replicated tactics practiced by the Huns hundreds of years earlier against a similar Roman opponent but now combining it with new-found Islamic zeal; in many ways, the Seljuq Turks resumed the conquests of the Muslims in the Byzantine–Arab
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The Battle of Manzikert (Turkish: Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi [8]) was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuq Turks on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey). The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and the capture of the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes[9] played an important role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and Armenia,[10] and allowed for the gradual Turkification of Anatolia.
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The Capture of Jerusalem marked the First Crusade's success .... It was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of ... Pisa, Genoa, and the Principality of Catalonia began to battle various Muslim kingdoms for .... envoys to the Council of Piacenza to ask Pope Urban II for aid against the Turks.
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Counquest of Jeusalem (1099).jpg. Capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders (19th-century artist impression) ... 1 Background; 2 Siege; 3 Final assault; 4 Massacre. 4.1 Muslims; 4.2 Jews; 4.3 Eastern Christians. 5 Aftermath; 6 References ...
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The Ottoman Empire was founded by Osman I. As sultan Mehmed II conquered Constantinople (today named Istanbul) in 1453, the state grew into a mighty empire. The Empire reached its apex under Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century when it stretched from the Persian Gulf in the east to Hungary in the northwest; and from Egypt in the south to the Caucasus in the north. After its defeat at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, however, the empire began a slow decline, culminating in the defeat of the
