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After the fall of the Roman Empire Constantine moved into the Mediterranean. He rebuilt the Greek city Byzantium and renames it Constantinople. He then made Constantinople the capiral of the new empire.
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Riots and fire swept through Constantinople. Many buildings excluding Hagia Sophia were destroyed.
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After the riots Justinian was on a mission to restore Roman glory. He launched a program to make Constantinople better than ever before. His great triumph was the rebuilding of Hagia Sophia.
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Justinian sent Belisarius to begin the recon quest of the Western Roman territories occupied by Germanics. He continued and took over Sicily then Naples. He then took over the Goths and became their emperor
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The Arabian Empire extended 200 days journey from east to west. The conquest brought about the collapse of the Sassanid Empire and a great territorial loss for the Byzantine Empire.
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Over a series of conflicts between Bulgaria and Byzantine Byzantines gradually took over Bulgaria.
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The Great Schism is the break of communion between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches
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Alexios urgently asked Pope Urban II for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslim Turks.
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The crusaders diverted from fighting Muslims to fighting other Christians.
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The Fourth Crusade weakened the Byzantine empire which had already lost most of its lands. the empire continued to decline then fell to invaders from the Ottom Turks.