World History 1- Time Toast on the Byzantine Empire (Chapter 11) By 3101634 525 Thedora marired Justinian 527 Justinian became the emperor of the Eastern Empire 528 Justinian Code was esablished 528 Hagia Sophis was built 532 Nika Riots (Rebellion) took place 533 Justinian sent Belisarius to recover North Africa from the Vandals 535 Belisarius took Rome from the Ostrogoths 551 Justinian conquered all of the territory that was once Rome Feb 10, 601 Empress Theodora restored icons to the Eastern churches Jan 1, 717 Emperor Leo the Third banned the use of icons Feb 10, 988 Vladimir of Keiv converted to Byzantine Christianity Feb 10, 1054 Great Schism -Christianity was divided (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) Feb 10, 1095 pope urban the second launched the first crusade against the turks Feb 10, 1099 christian crusaders captured jerusalm and massacred the jews and muslims Feb 10, 1240 Batu Khan ( Genghis Khans grandson) led the mongol defeat of kiev Jan 1, 1453 Constaninople fell to the Ottoman Turks Feb 10, 1453 Seljuk turks attacked and captured baghdad from the persians Feb 10, 1453 seljuk turks crushed the byzatines at the battle of manzikert Feb 10, 1462 Czar Ivan the third broke russia from mongol control Feb 10, 1520 ottoman empire began- osman started building a small site 9in anatolia