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Constantine fought to win over the Byzantine Capital. He defeated his rival Maxentius to become the only emperor of the West, then defeated Lucinius and was able to reuinite the empire.
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The Nika riots took place over a week's time in Constantinople. It was the most violent riot in all of Constantinople's history. More than half the city was burned or destroyed, and thousands of people were killed.
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The end of Belisarius's retirement was ended in 559 AD, because an army of Kutrigur Bulgars crossed the Danube river to invade the Roman empire. Belisarius defeated them and drove them back across the river.
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The Hagia Sophia was a Christian patriarchal church. It was dedicated to the wisdom of God.
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Earlier battles in both Islam and Byzantine territories made both of them open for conquest. The Islam people didn't want the Byzantines to impose Christianity on them, so they decided to fight. In the end, Islam was able to greatly expand their territory.
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Also called the East-West Schism, it was a split between the Roman catholic church into two parts, Eastern Church and Western church.
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When the Turks were threatening to invade the Byzantine empire and take over Constantinople, Alexius I came to Pope Urban II for help. Pope Urban II accepted, wanting to win the war for Christianity in Europe.
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The Fourth Crusade was originally supposed to be a military invasion through Europe to conquer Jerusalem which was controlled by Muslims.
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The Fall of Constantinople happened with 3 attacks by the Ottoman Turks. The Turks had a military with about 100,000 men, while the Byzantines only had about 10,000. The war was a course of 50 days. In the end the city was completely taken over by the Turks and was renamed to Istanbul.
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Basil II extended the imperial rule in the Balkans and increased his domestic authority by attacking the church and military aristocracy.
