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Emperor Constantine founds the capital city of the Byzantines. It is called Constantinople.
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Justinian creates the Justinian Code. This serves as the law for the Byzantines.
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The Hagia Sophia is a Greek Orthodox basilica. With it's dome shaped celing, it had a large interior space, and allowed for plenty of natural light to be let in.
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General Belisarius was a general of the Byzantine Empire. He was a key to Justinian's project, reconquering much of the Mediterranean teritory of the former Western Roman Empire.
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The Islamic conquests began in the 7th century with the prophet Muhammad. He established a unity in the Arabian Peninsula and there was a great rise of Muslim power.
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Basil II was the Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty. He became known as, "The Bulgar-Slayer" after he conquered Byzantine's most powerful foe, the Bulgarians.
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The East-West Schism is the division of Chalcedonian Christianity into what is today, the Eastern Orthodox Church. The East-West Schism was much longer lasting and larger than other Schisms, deeming it, The Great Schism
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Alexios stopped the Byzantine decline and began the Komnenian Restoration. He defeated the Seljuq Turks and the Normans. Pope Urban II initiated the crusades. He also set up an ecclesiastical court to run the church.
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The Fourth Crusade was originally intended to be a takeover of Jerusalem. Instead Constantinople was attacked.
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After the crusades the Byzantine Empire came to an end. This Empire lasted for 1100 years.
