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Roman Emperor Constantine rebuilt Byzantium, renaming it after himself, when attacks from Germans forced them to move.
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A week long roit in Constantinople that left much of the city destroyed, inculding the Hagia Sophia. The cause was becasue of two escaped men that were accused of murder that people wanted pardoned. After cheering for the men at a charoit race, the cheering changed to the word Nika, then became violent.
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Emperor Justinian wanted to restore Constantinople to its former Roman glory, so he started with rebuilding the church that was destroyed in a roit.
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Gerneal Belisarius had many campaigns against the Vandals and the Ostrogoths. He also conquered a lot of land for Emperor Justinain.
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The Islamic religion begain to create an empire and took over many christain lands.
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The Great Schism was the split of Western and Eastern Christianity caused by differnces in the church. The Western Christians became Roman Catholics and the Eastern Christians became the Eastern Orthodox Church
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Alexios I asks Pope Urban II for help in fighting Muslim Turks, who were threating to end the Byzantine Empire.
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The Fourth Crusade was distracted from fighting the Muslims to help merchants from Venice conquer Constantinople.
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The conquer of Constantinople was attempted many times, but was finally taken by Mehenet II. After a two month seige on the city, he conquered it and renamed it Instanbul.
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Beginning in 983, Emperor Basil II sought to conquer Bulgaira. Though he lost some battles and had failed plans, he eventually was able to take over most of the area in 1014, then all of it after defeating bulgarian resistance in 1018.
