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Constantinople was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire when Constantine The Great founded the city. It was experimental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times during the mid-5th to the 13th century. It was also the largest and most wealthy city in Europe.
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It started with chariot races, Justinian was safe in his castle, in his box, when crowd watching the races decided to storm the castle. For the next five days the fires were part of the destruction of the city, including the Hagia Sophia (Which Justinian later built up again."
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Belisarius was put by Justinian as the head of the land and sea expedtion against the Vandal Kingdom.
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Was rebuilt in 537 AD, it was constructed over so an earthquake could tear it down. It became a jewel for the Muslim world 500 years after the conquest of Muslims.
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It started with the death of Muhammad, Abu- Baker begins a military campaign to gain authority over the Arabian followers of Muhammad. Abu-Bakr then moved north, defeating the Byzantine and the Persian forces.
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The reign of Basil ii shows both the strength and the weakness of the Byzantine system of government. Byzantium and Bulgaria were constantly fighting and only stopped from time to time when Basil ii came around trying to keep peace from crisis on the eastern front.
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Also known as the East-West Schism. A split in Christianity between the Eastern and Western churches. Between The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
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The Muslims had the Holy Land, otherwise known as the Middle East, and Emperor Alexios i calls on Pope Urban ii to find the Christians to go to war against the Muslims.
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The Fourth Crusade started on in 1199 at a jousting tournament. In 1202 the goal was to get back the holy city of Jerusalem, after it was taken over by Islamic forces in 1099.
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The Ottoman Empire invaded the Byzantine Empire in 1453, it took 53 days to take over, from May 29th to April 6th. It also marked the end of the Roman Empire, something that lasted for nearly 1,500 years.
