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Byzantine Empire began as Rome felll. This Empire is also known as the new Rome, it flourished with all the Greek and Roman cultures mixed into one.
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Theodora became the most powerful woman in the Byzantine Empire after she married Justinian.
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A noble called Justinian became emperor and regain the glory of the Byzantine Empire.
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Because of the Nika Rebellion, one of the most important and magnificent Christian church was burned. In this year the same it was rebuilt, and named "Hagia Sophia".
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It is named after the after the word "Nika" which means "Victory". There were two fan groups that were mad at the government because they put down a previous Hippodrome fans. So, they decided to make several riots, in order to express their unconformity.
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Belisarius, Justinian's best general led his troops to North Africa and recovered easily from Germanic tribes.
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Two years after he conquered North Africa, he seized Rome from a group called The Ostogroths.
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In this year The Plague of Justinian was terrible, 10000 people died everyday.
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At the age of 82 Justinian died in Constantinople and left the reign to Justinian II.
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The Persians and the Avars struck against Constantinople.
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Arab troops attacked the city of by land and sea under the leadership of Leo III.
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Due to all the strucks the Byzantine Empire was reduced to the tip of Anatolia and a strip of the Balkans.
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The city fell thanks to the Ottoman Turks.
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After she died she was buried in the Church of the Holy Apostle, one of the most marvelous churches she and Justinian had built in Constantinople.
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Russians took Constatinople by surprise at the time they were worrying about other threads.
