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Period: 300 to 1500
byzantine empire
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306
Constantine becomes roman emperor
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330
Byzantium becomes capital of roman empire
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476
western roman empire collapses
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527
Justinian becomes byzantine emperor
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700
byzantine emperor bans use of icons and then the pope condemns the orthodox church
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1054
great schism between roman catholic church and the byzantine orthodox church
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1095
the crusades start and Constantinople is ransacked
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1453
Constantinople falls to the ottoman empire and the empire collapses