byzantine timeline project

emperor constantine | founded the byzantine capital

330

emperor constantine founded costantinople when the german invaders pounded the roman empire in the west the roman emperor constantine and his successors rebuil the greek city of byzantium and then renamed it after him self --constantinople,the city was located in the shores of the Bosporus.

justinian becomes emperor of the byzantines

527

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/emperors/p/Justinian.htm
justinian | ruled from 527 to 565 he was determined to revive ancient rome by recovering lands that had been overrun by invaders

hagia sophia compeleted

537

hagia sophia stands for holy wisdom it used to be a church than became a mosque and today it a museum, it located in istanbul once called constantinople

GENERAL belisarius military campaigns

545

islamic conquests parts of the byzantine territory

Jan 1, 700

long time ago a man named muhammed cliamed to have a vision from Gabriel telling that he was to be god's massenger,
The Islamic Conquests were begun by the Rashidun, the four Rightly Guided Caliph The Byzantium-Muslim Wars were long lasting, as the initial conflict prevailed from 634 - 717. Major conflicts of the wars included the First and Second Arab Sieges of Constantinople the exact location that experienced a Great loss was the byzantines.

emperor basil || military conquests up to the year of 1025

Jan 1, 1025

Great schism

Jan 1, 1054

in 1054, other controversies provoked a schism ,or split between the eastern and the western christianity, known as the great schism, the byzantine church became known as the Eastern or greek ,orthodox church and the western churvh became known as the catholic church

emperor alexios | and pope urban ||

Jan 1, 1095

fourth crusade (attack on constantinople)

Jan 1, 1204

http://www.historynet.com/fourth-crusade-conquest-of-constantinople.htmin april 1024 the pope innocent ||| called for crusades to fight the muslims during the fourth crusade, the crusaders attacked constantinople instead.

end of the byzantines

Jan 1, 1453

constantinople was surrounded by Ottoman forces led by the ruler mehmet || the ottoman forces brought connans to attak the city walls the last emperor of byzantine was offered a safe passage but he refused the siege lasted for two months the turks stormed constantinople's broken walls and defeated the byzantines. the ancient city was renamed istanbul.