History of the Byzantines

History of the Byzantines

Period: 300 to Jan 1, 1500

Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine Capitol

330

Emperor Constantine rebuilt the city and named it after himself.. Constantinople. This accomplishment was going to be the future of trade.

Nika Revolts

532

The Byzantine people destroyed the palace and burned property. The fires of the people ended up burning down much of the city. The people rioting were eventually murdered(planned) by Justinian

Hagia Sophia Completed

537

Justinian the emperor rebuilt this church that had been left in pieces from when the nika revolts. The church was extraordinary because of the arching dome that the church featured.

General Belisarius Military Campaigns

565

He was the leading military figure in the age of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. As one of the last important figures in the Roman military tradition, he led imperial armies against the Sasanian empire (Persia), the Vandal kingdom of North Africa, the Ostrogothic regime of Italy, and the barbarian tribes closing in upon Constantinople.

Early Islamic military campaigns into byzantine territory

Feb 8, 986

He gathered an army of 30,000 men to take to the city of Sofia, where he won the battle. But during the battle he lost men and suffered defeats and loses.. He conquered little pieces of countries at a time

Early Islamic Military campaigns into Byzantine territory

Feb 8, 1050

The ottoman turks converted to Islamic. They continued into Asia Minor to take land. This disturbed the Christians trying to reach the holy land that god had promised.

Great Schism

Feb 8, 1054

The Christian church split into two separate divisions; the Roman catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern church denied that the Pope had supremacy.

Emperor Alexios l contacts Pope Urban ll for military help in the Middle East

Feb 7, 1095

On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”

Fourth Crusade

Feb 7, 1204

Western European armed expedition called by Pope Innocent lll originally intended to conquer Muslim, controlled Jerusalem by means of invasion through Egypt.

Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman turks

Feb 7, 1453

The siege of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most heavily fortified cities in the world, took place in 1453. They used huge cannon to destroy the walls, warships were used to the cut the city's sea defense. They also used an extensive infantry to engulf the city.