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  • Byzantine capital
    324

    Byzantine capital

    The emperor Constantine chose Byzantine to be the so called “new Rome”.
  • Nike revolt
    532

    Nike revolt

    They had a big riot in constantinople that threatened the life and the reign of Emperor Justinian.
  • General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    533

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    He won battles against Persians and Ostrogoths. He managed to defeat the Ostrogoths more than once
  • Hagia Sophia
    537

    Hagia Sophia

    It’s an old Orthodox Church that took six year to completely finish the building.
  • Islamic military campaigns
    634

    Islamic military campaigns

    Arabs that adopted the region of Islam took lots of territory
  • Emperor Basil 2 conquest of Bulgaria
    1014

    Emperor Basil 2 conquest of Bulgaria

    The Bulgarian resistance was led by the Bulgarian empire and fell to Byzantine rule.
  • Great Schism
    1054

    Great Schism

    The great schism is also known as the eastern and western schism, was a break of communion between catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
  • Emperor Alexios and Pope Urban 2
    1095

    Emperor Alexios and Pope Urban 2

    Turks were threatening to invade Byzantine so emperor Alexios contacted Pope Urban 2
  • Fourth Crusade
    1204

    Fourth Crusade

    Pope innocent got rulers from Europe to make an army, so he could take over Egypt
  • Fall of Constantinople
    1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    The Ottoman army took Byzantine by force after many days of fighting