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330
Constantinople becomes capital of Eastern Roman Empire
Constantinople is prime location for all things trade. (Also named after Constantine) -
Period: 527 to 565
Reign of Justinian
During Justinians reign he acomplished many things that lasted a long time, like establishing the Body of Civil Law (or Justinians law) which was in place until the 19th century along with other things. -
650
Slavic Migrate into Eastern Europe
This would later lead to them finding the vikings and the start of the Kievan Rus -
717
Start of the Reign of Leo III
He was the first Syrian leader and he reclaimed a lot of the near eastern territory that the empire earlier lost. -
800
Slavic people come into contact with vikings
This would later result in the Kievan Rus which was along Europes Fourth longest river. In the Kievan Rus the Slavic people were ruled by the vikings -
864
Start of the Missionary Methodius
Another famous missonary known for his work in Slavic Lands -
864
Beginning of Christian missionary work of Cyril
Cyril is the most famous and successful missionary known for making his own alphabet. -
Period: 928 to 932
Peasant revolt by Basil the Copper Hand
Due to people trying to force free peasants back into peasants status cursed revolts to spark.They remained “free” by paying landowners rent and working land. -
Period: 976 to 1025
Basil the seconds reign
Basil the second continued what Justinian started by expanding the Byzantine empire. He conquered territory in the Eastern Asia Minor -
Period: 980 to 1015
Conversion of Russia to Christianity
They converted mostly to appease the byzantine empire. (First church was made in the Kievan Rus -
Period: 1019 to 1054
The rule of Yaroslav I over the Keivan Rus
Yaroslav was the leader who would oversee the golden ages of the Kievan Rus. He prompted education and codified the legal syste earning him the name of Yaroslav the wise -
Period: 1100 to 1453
Byzantine Decline
Due to constant conflict and not enough expenses the Byzantine empire started to decline later leading to its fall -
1169
The decline of Kiev
Due to Keivs dependency on the Byzantine empire (and its decline) it brought the Kievan Rus with it. The Russians later took advantage of its weakness and sacked the city in 1169 and 1204 -
Period: 1237 to 1241
Mongols capture Russia
During the invasion of Europe the Mongols captured Russia -
1242
The fall of Kiev
The Kiev was invaded by the mongols the most powerful group in Central Asia at the time. Due to how week the Kiev was the Mongols easily took over but then later left and the Kiev fell -
Period: 1277 to 1280
Peasant revolt led by Ivalylo
Another free peasant revolt caused by more people trying to force them back into a peasants. These “free” peasants were a main source of taxes and recruits for the government -
1453
Constantinople falls to the Turks
Russia was just starting to assert independence from the Tatars when it fell which caused the progress to backslide -
1453
The fall of the Byzantine Empire
After the decline of the empire the Ottoman Turks later captured Constantine causing the empire to fall.
