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Period: 300 to Jan 1, 1500
Byzantine
After many invasions, and hundreds of years of ruling power,the Byzantine empire collapsed for 1,000 years, the Byzantine used the culture of the Hellenistic world. The Byzantines also extended achievements in engineering and law along with the blending of Christian religious beliefs with Greek science,philosophy, arts, and literature. -
330
Establishes the Byzantine of capital of Constantinople
Constantine rebuilt the city of Byzantium and renamed it after himself, Constantinople. He made Constantinople the new capital of the Roman Empire. -
532
Nike revolt (riots)
Took place agains Emperor Justinian 1 in Constantinople over the course of a week in AD 532. They were the most violent riots in the city's history, with nearly half Constantinople being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed. -
533
General belisarius military campaigns
Byzantine count Belisarius entered Rome through the Asinarian gate at the head of 5,000 troops. Odacar had deposed the last western Roam emperor and crowned himself and later Belisarius took back his and the city with the help of his 5,000 soldiers -
537
Hagia Sophia completed
Emperor Justinian ordered for the construction of the Hagia Sophia to begin after the previous church has been destroyed in riots. It is filled with mosaics of religious figures and is used today as a museum. -
1014
Emperor basil ll military conquest of bulgaria
Emperor Basil 11 worked to extend imperial rule into the Balkans, Mesopotamia's,Georgia, and Armenia. He is known as the "Bulgar-slayer" because he helped to defeat the Bulgarians. He increased his domestic authority by attacking the most powerful interests of the military aristocracy and of the church. -
1054
Great schism
The great schism was a split between eastern and weastern Christianity. During this, the people and the patriarch treated each other as rivals and not as branches of the same faith. the Byzantine church became known as the Eastern,or Greek, Orthodox Church, while the western branch was known as the Roman Catholic. -
Nov 7, 1095
Emperor Alexis l contacts pope urban ll for military help in Middle East
It was perhaps the most influential sleep of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the crusades by calling all christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the holy land. -
1204
Fourth crusade (attack on Constantinople)
A fleet of 200 ships set sail from the lagoon in Venice "banners whipped from every masthead, and the Byzantine became less powerful. -
1453
Fall of constantinople to the ottoman Turks (official end to byzantines)
The Roman Empire didn't end with the 476 deposition of the western emperor Romulus or the fall of Rome. It continued with solid momentum in the east with the powerful Byzantine empire. People know it as the Byzantine empire,to most it was still roaman. -
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
Arab armies started to gain much control of the Mediterranean wold, but they failed to take Constantinople. The Byzantine kept their land in the Balkans and Asia Minor to themselves.
