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He is the genreal under Justinian and is set out to conquest most of the mediterranean terriorty of the old western roman empire back
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It was the most violent riot in the history of Constantinople, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.
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From 537 to 1453, it served as an Orthodox cathedral and home of the Patriarch of Constantinople. except between 1204 to 1261, when it was changed into a Roman Catholic cathedral.
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the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion conquering alot of the byzantine empire
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Basil oversaw the stabilization and expansion of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire, and above all, the final and complete conquest of Bulgaria, the Empire's foremost European foe, after a prolonged struggle.
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The italian side closed all greek churches and to respond the western half closed al the latin churches and practices
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Known as the first crusade. The primary goal was to respond to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I , who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuk Turks from Anatolia.
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The main crusader fleet reached Constantinople.In August 1203, following clashes outside Constantinople, Alexios Angelos was crowned as Co-Emperor, in January 1204, he was overthrown in an uprising in Constantinople. The Western crusaders were no longer able to receive their promised payments, and when Alexios was killed on February 8th 1204, the crusaders and Venetians decided on the conquest of Constantinople. In April 1204, they captured and ransacked the city
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The fall of constantinopl was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on May 29th 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by 21 year old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, who defeated an army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. The conquest of Constantinople followed a 53-day siege that had begun on 6 April 1453.
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He rose through the ranks of the army eventually reaching the rank of augustus. He is put into power after the death of his father and wins a series of civil wars to mantain control
