Chapter 10

By MR.M
  • 330

    Constantinople becomes capital of eastern Roman Empire

    This is important because Constantinople was in a very important position trade wise as it connected The Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Reign of Justinian

    This was important because Justinian was a very important emperor for the Byzantine empire. He was able to take back lost lands.
  • 650

    Slavic migrations into Eastern Europe

    This is important because the Slavs brought their traditions to that area and people there adopted their culture.
  • 718

    Arab attack on Constantinople defeated

    This is important because it would mean that The Byzantine Empire would continue to survive.
  • 855

    Rurik king of Kievan Russia (according to legend)

    This is important because this is supposedly the first king of Kievan Rus.
  • 864

    Beginning of Christian missionary work of Cyril and Methodists in Slavic lands

    Beginning of Christian missionary work of Cyril and Methodists in Slavic lands
  • 870

    First Kingdom in what is now Czech and Slovak republics

    This is important because these were some of the republics that the Slavs founded.
  • 896

    Magyars settle in Hungary

    This is important because this event also shows that ideas spread. It is inevitable that when a people group move they bring ideas
  • 960

    Emergence of the Polish State

    This is important because it was a relatively large kingdom in the time when compared to Western Europe.
  • Period: 980 to 1015

    Conversion of Russia to Christianity

    This is important because it shows the spread of ideas between empires.
  • 1018

    Byzantine defeat of Bulgarian kingdom

  • Period: 1019 to 1054

    Reign of Yaroslavl, king of Russia

    This is important because he built churches and also codified law.
  • 1054

    Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity

    Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity
  • Period: 1100 to 1453

    Byzantine decline, under growing attack from the Ottomans

    This was important because it would eventually cause the empire’s fall. It made the fall of the empire inevitable.
  • Period: 1203 to 1204

    Fourth Crusade, Westerners sack Constantinople

    This was important because it weakened the Byzantine empire.
  • Period: 1237 to 1241

    Mongols (Tatars) capture Russia

    The Tartar control separated Russia from Europe.
  • 1453

    Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople and end Byzantine empire

    Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople and end Byzantine empire
    This is important because it meant that the age of the Roman Empire had come to an end, and that a new era was starting.
  • 1480

    Expulsion of Tatars from Russia

    This was important because it meant the Russia could start developing again.