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Nika revolt took place in eastern Roman Empire and it threatened the life and reign of emperor Justinian.
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Since Constantinople was rocked by rioters and a devastating fire, justinanian wanted to Rome come back to its glory, so he built Hagia Sophia.
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It was rewarded by Justinian with the command of a land and sea expedition against vandal kingdom.
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Early Muslim historians viewed then as a reflection of religious zeal of the conquerors and evindence of divine favor.
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In 986, emperor basil II gathered a 30,000 man army, marched on the Bulgarian city of Sofia. Basil II marched his army back toward Byzantine Thrace but was defeated at the battle of the gates of Trajan.
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It was between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. They had different traditions and beliefs that it started a problem
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On November 27, 1095. Pole Urban II makes perhaps the speech of Middle Ages, by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the holy land
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The crusaders want to attack the Muslim-controlled Jerusalem through Egypt. but instead in April 1204 the crusaders of western Europe invaded and attacked the Christians city of Constantinople.
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The fist attack was launched upon Constantinople on a may morning at 1:00am and led by the Bashi- bazouks. The second attack was brought on by the Anatolian Turks from Ishak's army.
