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525
Theodora married Justinian
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527
Justinian became the emperor of the Eastern Empire
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527
Justinian conquered all of the territory that was once Rome
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529
Justinian's Code was established
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532
Nika Riots took place
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533
Justinian sent Belisarius to recover North Africa from the Vandals
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536
Belisarius Took Rome from the Ostrogoths
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537
Hagia Sophia was built
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Feb 16, 601
Empress Theodora restored icons to the Eastern churches
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Feb 16, 730
Emperor Leo III banned the use of icons
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Feb 16, 988
Vladimir of Kiev converted to Byzantine Christianity
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Feb 16, 1054
Great Schism - Christianity was divided (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)
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Feb 17, 1080
Seljuk Turks crushed the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert
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Feb 17, 1095
Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade against the Turks (Muslims)
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Feb 17, 1099
Christian Crusaders captured Jerusalem and massacred Jews and Muslims
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Feb 17, 1157
Seljuk Turks attacked and captured Baghdad from the Persians
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Feb 17, 1240
Batu Khan (Genghis Khan's grandson) led the Mongol defeat of Kiev
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Feb 17, 1299
Ottoman Empire began - Osman started building a small state in Anatolia (Turkey)
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Feb 16, 1453
Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks
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Feb 17, 1480
Czar Ivan III broke Russia (formerly Kiev) from Mongol control
