Byzantine

General belisarius military campaigns

527

Belisarius led imperial armies against the Sassanian empire, the vandal kingdom of North Africa, the ostrogothic regime of Italy, and the barbarian tribes encroaching upon Constantinople.

Nika revolt

532

Costed the lives of 30,000 citizens. The inhabitants of Constantinople were divided into 4 different factions. These factions were put into the hippodrome where they used race horses and chariots. They were separated by color, green, blue, red, and white. Some chose to not follow the ruls and ended up killing.

Hagia Sophia completed

532

Built at Constantinople under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. One of the worlds greatest monuments

Early Islamic military conquests of Bulgaria

632

The Muslim community spread through the Middle East through conquest, and the resulting growth of th Muslim state provided the group in which the recently revealed faith could take root and flourish

emperor basil 2 military conquests of bulgaria

976

He became known as the bulged-slayer for his exploits in conquering ancient Bulgaria, sweet revenge for his infamous defeat at Trojans gate.

Great schism

1054

Event that precipitated the final separation between the eastern Christian churches and the western church

Emperor alexios 1 contacts pope urban 2

1095

Alexios, the Byzantine emperor, sent to pope, urban 2, and asked for aid from the west against the seljuq Turks, who taken nearly all of Asia Minor from him. At the council of clermont, urban addressed a great crowd and urged all to go to the aid of the Greeks and to recover Palestine from the rule of the muslims.

4th crusade

1203

It was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of invasion through Egypt. Instead of the crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sacked the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the eastern empire.

Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman Turks

1453

After 10 centuries of wars, defeats, and victories, the bayzantine empire came to an end when canstantpole fell to the ottoman Turks in may 1453. The cities fall sent chock waves throughout Christendom. It is widely quoted as the event that marked the end of the European Middle Ages.