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The city of Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire. It was found by Emperor Constantine in the year 330 AD. Emperor Constantine moved the Capital of the Romam Empire from Rome to Constantinople. Constantinople was first called Byzantium, but was renamed to Constantinople after Emperor Constantine.
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Justinian I was a Byzantine Emperor also known as Justinian the Great. He came to power in 527 AD and ended in 565 AD. His goal was to return the Byzantine Empire to greatness and conquer the Western Roman Empire.
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The Hagia Sophia was a church built by the Byzantines. Its name means "Holy Wisdom". The building was completed in 537. During its lifetime it served as a church, a Muslim mosque, and now it is a museum.
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Belisarius was a general of the Byzantime Empire during the rule of Justinian I. His military campaigns against the Vandals and Ostrogoths was a key part of the Byzantine Empire. They expanded the terriroty of the Byzantine's and made the Empire great.
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Muhammad started military campaigns starting in the 600's. As a result it led the conquest of Egypt, Armenia, the Syria region, and North Africa by the Rashidun and the Umayyad.
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Emperor Basil sought to extend the boundaries of the Byzantine through military conquests. One of his more famous military conquest was the conquest of Bulgaria. He received the nickname of "the Bulgar-Slayer" because of this.
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The Great Schism was the split of Christianity into the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. The reasons for this split in Christianity are because of different religious riturals, and because of where Constantinople was in the Pentarchy.
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Emperor Alexios was a Byzantine Emerpor from 1081 to 1118 AD. He saved the Byzantine Empire from collapsing by starting what is know as the Komnenian Restoration. This had to do with the military, government, and the finacial state of the Byzantine Empire. He also had to do with the First Crusade during 1095
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Pope Urban II was Pope from 1088 to 1099 AD. He is best known for starting the First Crusade. The Crusade's goal was to regain the Holy Land back from what the Muslims had taken during their conquests.
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The attack on Constantinople happened in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade. This attack was extremely grusome. The crusaders got into Constantinople by knocking holes in the walls. When they finally got in they ramsacked the city. Killing everying, melting down priceless artifacts, and burning many buildings including the Library of Constantinople.
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The Byzantine Empire ended in 1453. Many things led to the end of the Empire. The rise of Islam, the crusades, civil wars, and the rise of the Ottomans led to the end of the Byzantines. The Ottomans eventually captured Constantinople marking the end of the Byzantine Empire.
