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Byzantine timeline

  • Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital
    330

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital

    Constantinople was founded in 330 by Emperor Constantine. It was a prime port for importing and exporting goods. It was a city of wealth.
  • General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    505

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    Belisarius was a general in the Byzantine empire. He was considered a military genious, demolishing Ostrogothic twice in Italy.
  • Nika revolt(riots)
    532

    Nika revolt(riots)

    The Nika Riot took place in Constantinople and lasted about a week. It was one of the most violent riots in history, killing tens of thousands of people.
  • Hagia Sophia Complete
    537

    Hagia Sophia Complete

    Hagia Sophia or the Church of Holy Wisdom was built in 532 to 537. The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I ordered to build it. It is a huge structure that changed the way of building.
  • Period: 622 to 750

    Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    Muhammed started to expand and conquer the middle east and parts of Africa and Europe. In 622-632 Muhammed conquered, now day Saudi Arabia. From 632-661 Rashidun caliphs expanded North and west. Then from 661- 750 Umayyad caliphs expanded even more of Africa and the Middle East.
  • Emperor Basil ii military conquests of Bulgaria
    986

    Emperor Basil ii military conquests of Bulgaria

    Emperor Basil ii gathered up 30,000 men and marched to Bulgaria and destroyed it.
  • Great Schism
    1054

    Great Schism

    It was the final separation of eastern and western christian churches. It separated into the western Christians and the Eastern Orthodox.
  • Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope urban II
    Nov 27, 1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope urban II

    Pope declares war on the muslims to reclaim the Holy Land.(The first Crusade)
  • Fourth Crusade
    1204

    Fourth Crusade

    The Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and beat the Christian city of Constantinople.
  • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
    May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

    In 1453 Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II invaded Constantinople and conquered it.

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