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Emperor Constantine renamed the capital city of the Byzantine Empire after his own name.
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Riots in Constantinople destroyed about half the city killing thousands of people.
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Belisarius recaptured much of the Roman Empire that had been conquered by other civilizations.
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The first of many wars fighting for the Holy Land, Jerusalem.
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Constantinople is captured by the crusaders after broken promises to the crusaders from the Byzantines.
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The Ottoman Empire officially ends the Byzantine Empire's reign by capturing Constantinople.
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