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He needed a place so the empire could adopt Christianity, and partly due to the geography of the Empire. With the new capital, he was able to move his army to many places in a shorter time with a shorter distance.
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The emperor Justinian expanded the Byzantine empire, created great buildings, and made a code of laws. He restored the Empire by recovering lost territories.
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The Hagia Sophia means “holy wisdom.” It was built as a cathedral in Constantinople.
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He was the general that Justinain had sent to fight the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy. The Ostrogoths offered to make Belisarius the western emperor afterwards
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Started during the initial Muslim conquests under the expansionist Rashidun and Umayyad caliphs. Byzantine lost territories in North Africa.
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Byzantine territorial and cultural frontiers expanded.The Byzantine forces became more active in southern Italy because of him.
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It was a split between the Eastern and the Western Church.The schism between the Eastern and Western Christians started from a political, cultural and theological factors.
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Pope Urban II started the First Crusade. Emperor Alexios was able to stop Byzantine decline and begin recovery of the Empire.
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Pope Innocent began to ask the rulers of Europe to participate in a fourth crusade. The crusaders captured Constantinople and put Alexius IV on the throne.
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The fighting further weakened the Byzantine empire. The Ottoman Turks took over region, capturing Constantinople.
