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330
Emperor Constantine founded the Byzantine capital
Constantine rebuilt the Greek city Byzantium and named it after himself.the city became the capital of the byzantine empireit had roads connecting the empire to the middle east and north africa.it also had key trade routes linking Europe and Asia -
Period: 330 to Jan 1, 1453
Byzantine Empire
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527
Justinian becomes emperor of the Byzantines
Justinian reigned from 527-565. he wanted to bring Rome back to its 'greatness' by reconquering lands that have been overun by invaders. with the help of general Belisarius he conqured North africa Italy and the Iberean Peninsula. prior to his expansion he also reformed the law, he compiled roman laws into a single volume which later became known as the Justinian code. -
537
Hagia Sophia completed
Justinian ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophian in 532.
it served as a Eastern orthodox church at first but when the Ottomans took over the city they turned it into a mosque and decorated it with calligraphy,and geometric figures. Today it is a Museam -
545
General Belisarius Military campaigns
Belisarius led many military campaigns.he won battles against germanic people on his quest to win back Italy and other nations for Justinian.He also won battles against strong empires like the
persians and the Ostrogoths -
Jan 1, 700
Islamic conquests parts of the Byzantine
Arab armies fought series of wars against the Byzantines and slowly took over much of the Mediterranean world. But the Byzantine people fought for their capital city and kept it. The city was later on conquered by Ottoman Turks. -
Jan 1, 1025
Emperor Basil II military conquests up to the year 1025
Emperor Basil led many conquests. he stretched the empire from southern Italy all the way to The Caucasus .after the civil war weakened the empire he restored territories That the empire lost such as Bulgaria. He led conquests against the Fatimid caliphate Also but they later signed A seven year truce. -
Jan 1, 1054
Great Schism
The great schism also known as the East-West schism happened in 1054 A.D. when the christian church into two parts due to excommunication between the Roman pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople..The two churches split into th Eastern orthodox church and the western catholic church -
Jan 1, 1095
Emperor Alexios I and Pope UrbanII
When Muslims began to conquer most of the heavily christian populated places Emperor Alexios I asked Pope Urban II for aid against the Muslims. The Pope launched the fist crusade and regained control of Jerusalem. -
Jan 1, 1204
Fourth Crusade
The fourth Crusade didn't go the way it was suppose to. instead of fighting the Muslims, they were taken by greed and attacked the city of contantinople. the byzantine empire was later turned into the latin empire of constantinople -
Jan 1, 1453
End of the Byzantine Empire
There were several factors that contributed to the fall of the Byzantine empire,but the main one was the attack on constantinople by the Ottoman Turks. The loss of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine empire
