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The Emperor made Byzantium the capital
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The Hagia Sophia is a famous church in Constantine. It was first completed in 430. It later was destroyed during riots in 415. It also burned down whiched caused riots throughout the city.
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Belisarius was Justinian's bodyguard. He caught the attention of the emperor and was pointed to command at age 25. He won his first laurels as commander on the Mesopotamin front.
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The Nika Revolt took place in Constantinople in 532 A.D. It was the most violent riot in the history of Constantinople. Half the city was burned and destroyed and many people were killed.
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The Islamic military defeats the Byzantine territory. They took away Jerusalem from the Byzantine.
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Emperor Basil II ruled from 963-1025. In 1014, the Byzantines captured the Mai. Bulgarian army of 14,000 men.
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The Great Schism refers to the east-west Schism between the Eastern Church and Western church in 1054. The western is split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378-1417.
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Alexis was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Alexis was known for his calls for help from the Pope in the war against the Tusks and Islam. His empire was split into an eastern half.
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The Christian armies of the Fourth Crusade invaded the city of Constantinople in 2014. They invaded the city of Constantinople becuase about 10 years earlier, Pope Urban II had called out the nights of France to get rid of Jerusalem from Islam. By doing this, the Pope would reward them with the remission of all their sins in return for their efforts. These armies have started a war that lasted for several years that had the Muslims questioning why.
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The western half of the Byzantine Empire fell. However, the eastern half lasted for nearly 1,000 years. The whole Byzantine Empire fell in 1453 after an army invaded Constantinople.
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