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324
Byzantine capital
The emperor Constantine chose Byzantine to be the so called “new Rome”. -
532
Nike revolt
They had a big riot in constantinople that threatened the life and the reign of Emperor Justinian. -
533
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
He won battles against Persians and Ostrogoths. He managed to defeat the Ostrogoths more than once -
537
Hagia Sophia
It’s an old Orthodox Church that took six year to completely finish the building. -
634
Islamic military campaigns
Arabs that adopted the region of Islam took lots of territory -
1014
Emperor Basil 2 conquest of Bulgaria
The Bulgarian resistance was led by the Bulgarian empire and fell to Byzantine rule. -
1054
Great Schism
The great schism is also known as the eastern and western schism, was a break of communion between catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. -
1095
Emperor Alexios and Pope Urban 2
Turks were threatening to invade Byzantine so emperor Alexios contacted Pope Urban 2 -
1204
Fourth Crusade
Pope innocent got rulers from Europe to make an army, so he could take over Egypt -
1453
Fall of Constantinople
The Ottoman army took Byzantine by force after many days of fighting
