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357
Saint Basil wrote rules for the life of monks
Eastern Christianity built its heritage on the works of early church fathers -
527
A guy called Justinian suceed his uncle to the throne of the Eastern Empire
He did many things in Rome such as the Justinian code and building the hipodromum. -
535
Belisarius, Justinian's best general retake Rome
During 16 years, Rome changed hands six times.
Justinian now ruled almost all the territory that Rome had ever ruled -
565
Justinian died
The empires suffered countless setbacks, but the first crisis actually began before Justinian's death. -
Jan 1, 610
The language change
The launguaje was changed to Greek -
Jan 1, 610
Heraclius became the emperor
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Jan 1, 626
The Persians and Avars struck against Constantinople
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Jan 1, 674
Islam and Arab armies attacked th city
They attacked the city once again in 717 -
Jan 1, 1054
The Great Schism
The Latin Roman Church and the Greek Orthodox Church excommunicate each other -
Jan 1, 1095
First Crusade
The First Crusade is proclaimed at Council of Clermont. -
Jan 1, 1147
Second crusade
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Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade
Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelus makes a secret alliance with Saladin for protection of the empire -
Jan 1, 1202
Fourth Crusade
In April 12th, 1204 the city of Constantinople is sacked. -
Jan 1, 1350
The Byzantine Empire was reduced to the tip of Anatolia and a strip of the Balkans
The Byzantine Empire shrank under the impact of foreign attacks. -
Jan 1, 1453
The fall of the empire
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. End of the Byzantine Empire. -
Roman leaders divided the empire
It had been divided into western and eastern empires and its capital known as Constantinople, had moved east from Rome to the Greek city of Byzantium. -
Russians attempted invasions of the city
The invasions were three times between 860 and 1043 -
Charlemagne became the emperor
