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1453 BCE
Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman Turks
The Byzantine emperior was one of the strongest in military. They were battling many of their enemies, protecting themselves. Their capital Constantinople had captured many of groups attention especially the Ottoman Turks, not for the religion but for the gold. The Byzantines were slowly declining finically because of military disasters in their other cities. The Ottoman Turks invaded the captial and won since most of the military wasn't in Constantinople. -
1417 BCE
Great schism
between the Eastern Church and the Western Church in 1054. The great Schism, a split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417. -
968 BCE
Emperor Basil II military conquest of Bulgaria
There was a series of conflicts between the Bulgaria and Byzantine emperor. It eventually led to the gradually conquest of Bulgaria. Emperor basil II ordered the Byzantine military to the gates of Trajan and retake north eastern Bulgaria. -
532 BCE
Nike revolt
It was the most violent riot in the history of Constantinople, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed. -
530 BCE
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
Belisarius 1st battle was "battle of Dara". That battle was started by aka add 1 he was the emperor of Persia he wanted to make peace with Byzantines,he wanted Justin 1 to adopt his son but he said no along with his nephew (justinian 1). Justinian 1 had sent Sittas and Belisarius into Persianand were defeated. Justinian then tried to make peace but Kavadh sent troops to Dara. They kept sending more troops until Belsaurs defeated the Perasians. The battle lasted less than 1 year. -
330 BCE
Emperor Constantine 1 founded the Byzantine capital
Constantinople was founded by a roman emperor named Constantine and he gave it its name Constantinople. The city became known to be center of the Greek & Christian ideals.mit was a big wealthy city in its time but was then overtaken 800 years after it was built -
Period: 300 to Sep 15, 1500
Timeline
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537
Hagia Sophia completed
burned down during the Nika revolt of 532, which caused destruction and death throughout the city? Immediately after the riots, Emperor Justinian ordered the church rebuilt -
Sep 20, 750
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
Prophet Muhammad established a new United party in Arabian peninsula. It caused the Arabian conquest/ Islamic order to expand their territory and went into Byzantine territory. -
Sep 20, 1095
Emperor Alexis 1 contacts Pope Urban II for military help in the Middle East
Alexios had contacted Pope Urban ll to get people to go aganist the Muslims. Pope Uraban ll had done this by giving a speach to Christians to go against the Muslims and fight. Alexios had needed people for protection from the invasion by Selijuk Turks. When they were safe he sent the military to go capture the holy land in Jerusalem to free the western Christians. They didn't complete this until 1099, and that is when the first crusade ended. -
Sep 14, 1202
Fourth crusade
It was a Western Europeon armed expedition, goal was to conquer Muslim controlled Jerusalem by mean to invade thre Egypt. Mutinous crusader captured, looted, and destroyed parts of the constantinople
