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Period: 300 to 1500
Byzantine timespan
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330
Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital
He moved the seat of empire to Constantinople. -
532
Nika Revolt
They were the most violent riots in the city. -
533
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
He was considered a military genius. He demolished the Ostrogothic army in Italy twice. -
537
Hagia Sophia Completed
A Greek Orthodox Cathedral. -
622
Early Islamic Military Campaigns into Byzantine territory
Wars between the Arab Muslims and the Byzantine Empire. -
968
Emperor Basil II Military conquests of Bulgaria
An invasion of Bulgaria -
1054
Great Schism
The seperartion of Eastern churches. -
1095
Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
All Christians in Europe were called to have a war against Muslims to get back “ the Holy Land”. -
1204
Fourth Crusade
It was a Latin armed expedition that was caused to recapture the city of Jerusalem. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
It was the capture of the Byzantine empire, to do so they invaded Ottoman army.
