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Emperor Constantine founded Constantinople. Which was an important city to the Greeks and Romans because it was located on the European side of the strait of Bosporus.
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The nika revolt took place in constantinople against emperor justinian II. They were extremely violent riots that took the lives of over 10,000 people.
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For Belisarius's efforts he was rewarded with command of the sea and land expeditions against the vandal kingdom. Justinian wanted to conquer the vandal kingdom in North Africa because it was one of the most wealthy provinces.
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The Hagia Sophia which name means "holy wisdom'' is a cathedral build by emperor Constantine as a cathedral for Constantinople
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The Islamic conquest took a great part of the Byzantines territory. The Islamic took there shot and conquering it by waiting for the right moment which was when the Byzantines were exhausted by fighting with surrounding society
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After securing his own position in Byzantium Emperor Basil II gathered a 30,000 man army and marched to the city of sofia and laid siege to it. Basil started questioning his armies loyalty and marched back towards byzantine
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The great schism was a break of communion between Roman Catholic churches and eastern orthodox churches
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Pope urban II who was requested by emperor Alexios I had requested military aid from western armies to help the Byzantines reclaim the holy lands
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The 4th crusade which broke out in Constantinople which was ordered by pope innocent the 3rd. Within a month the pope who had called for the crusade died for the spilling of blood of the people. The crusaders raged openly again Christ and sinned by overturning the cross with the cross they had there back just for small amounts of gold and silver.
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The City of Constantinople had been in a long decline before the Turks conquered it in 1453. But it remained a fortification for the Christians but then the ottoman Turks tried to siege it and successfully accomplished it
