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525
Theodora married Justinian
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527
Justinian became the emperior of the Eastern empire
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532
Hagia Sophia was built
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533
Justinian sent Belisarius to recover North Africa from the Vandals
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534
Justinian's code was established
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Feb 11, 730
Emperor Leo III banned the use of icons
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Feb 11, 843
Empress Theodora restored icon to the Eastern churches
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Feb 11, 980
Vladimir of Kiev converted to Byzantine christianity
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Feb 11, 1054
Great schism -Christianity was divided
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Feb 11, 1055
Seljuk Turks attacked and captured Baghdad from the Persians
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Feb 11, 1071
Seljuk Turks crushed the Byzantines at the battle of Manzikert
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Feb 11, 1095
Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade against the Turk(Muslims)
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Feb 11, 1099
Christian Crusaders captured Jerusalem and massacred Jews and Muslims
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Feb 11, 1240
Batu Khan(Genghis Khan's grandson) led the Mongol defeat of Kiev
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Feb 11, 1300
Ottoman Empire began- Osman started building a small state
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Feb 11, 1453
Constantinople fell into the ottoman turks
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Feb 11, 1480
Czar Ivan III broke russia (formly Kiev) from mongol control
