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Emperor Contantine created Constantinople the Capitol of the Byzantine empire. He created where it is because it was easy to defend and was the center of trade routes through Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
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They were riots that occurred because of a conflict over chariot races. It burned half of the city and killed 10,000 people.
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He went on a military conquest to try and regain some of they territory from the barbarians that took Rome.
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This was the crowning achievement of architecture for the Byzantines. They rebuilt the church that was destroyed during the Nika Riots.
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This is where the war between Islam and Christian started. The Muslims were trying to eradicate the evils in the world.
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This was a war between the Bulgarian and Byzantine empires that led to the Byzantines controlling all of the Balkan Peninsula.
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This was a split in Christianity. It was between the west and the east. It happened when the Byzantines and other eastern empires wanted freedom from the pope.
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He did this because he feared a Muslim invasion. He told the pope the Muslims were coming to destroy Christianity so the pope sent military help to destroy the Muslims.
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This was it he rain sacking of Constantinople. It happened when Alexios Comnenus asked the crusade for help to control Constantinople. He offered them lots of money and when he couldn't deliver the ransacked the city.
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After losing lots of territory and only being left Constantinople, the empire was finally laid to rest when the Ottoman Turks came and put the final nail in the coffin so to say.