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The ancient city of Byzantium was a very valuable city for the Greeks and the Romans. It was on the European side of the Strait of Bosporus. The Emperor Constantine understood its strategic importance and while he was trying to reunite the empire, he decided to build the new capital there.
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The Nika riots that are also known as the Nika revolt. It was a revolt against Emperor Justinian I that took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in AD 532.
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The Nika riots that are also known as the Nika. The revolt was a revolt against Emperor Justinian I that took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in AD 532.
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General Belisarius was a general of the Byzantine Empire. He was interested in Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering territory in the Mediterranean, which had been lost less than a century previously.
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General Belisarius was a general of the Byzantine Empire. He was interested in Emperor Justinian's project of reconquering territory in the Mediterranean, which had been lost less than a century previously.
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The Hagia Sophia was a cathedral built at Constantinople by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is the most important Byzantine structure and one of the world’s great monuments.
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This military conquest was a series of conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire that led to the gradual conquest of Bulgaria by the Byzantines, who then re-established their control over the entire Balkan peninsula for the first time since the 7th-century Slavic invasions.
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This military conquest was a series of conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire that led to the gradual conquest of Bulgaria by the Byzantines, who then re-established their control over the entire Balkan peninsula for the first time since the 7th-century Slavic invasions.
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The Great Schism is the title given to the rift that formed in the Church in the eleventh century. This separation led to the Roman Catholic Church. Now it is known as the Western Church. The Greek Catholic is now known as the Eastern Church.
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The Great Schism is the title given to the rift that formed in the Church in the eleventh century. This separation led to the Roman Catholic Church. It is now known as the western church. The Greek Catholic is now known as the Eastern Church.
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He contacted the Pope for help because he needed it to defeat the enemies.
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After a period of multiple wars, a few victories by the Byzantines allowed three Byzantine Emperors named Nikephoros II Phocas, John I Tzimiskes and Basil II to take back the territory lost to the Muslim conquests in the 7th century.
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After a period of multiple wars, a few victories by the Byzantines allowed three Byzantine Emperors, namely Nikephoros II Phocas, John I Tzimiskes and Basil II to recapture territory lost to the Muslim conquests in the 7th century.
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The Crusader sack of Constantinople establishment of the Latin Empire
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The Fall of Constantinople was due to the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by Mehmed.
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The Fall of Constantinople was due to the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by Mehmed.