Topic 10 and 11:What leaders and events of the Middle Ages made kings

Jesus was noted to be the greatest leader of Christianity and noted as the son of god himself! During his time he led the world by spreading Christianity through conversation with his 12 apostles. And at the age of thirty, Jesus began to preach a message of salvation that revolved around the concept that mankind as a whole could be saved if it sought forgiveness from God for its sins. However this led for him to be executed by the Romans though crucifixion at the age of 33.

In 66 CE there was an uprising against Rome which took four years to stop. And this resulted in the greatest disaster in Jewish history. The permanent destruction of the temple of Jerusalem. In the end the Romans enslaved or deported most of the Jewish population which contribute to the Jewish diaspora. And later another uprising began which destroyed the Jewish cities completely until Israel was formed!

There was a great period of crisis and destruction in Rome. This had made the eastern empire extremely vulnerable to Persian invasion which ended with the ascension of the emperor Diocletian in 284 CE. Diocletian was famous for being able to reorganize the empire and pull it back up from the brink of destruction. He said that the reason Rome was failing was because it was to large that it could not be governed properly so he divided it into four parts creating a tetrarchy which reduced violence.

Constantine did away with Diocletian's idea of co-emperors but left everything the same. But his greatest historical impact was his impact on religion. He was noted to be the first Christian emperor. He did this because he claimed he was sent a vision by the Christian God promising him victory as long as he converted. And because he supported it Christianity spread throughout the world. He supported it so much he made it illegal to persecute Christians and he had it practiced everywhere in Rome!

Theodora was a Byzantine empress married to the Great Justinian I and is rembered for being the most powerful women in byzantine history. She used her power to influence and promote many religious and social parties and was one of the first ruler's to recognize the rights of women. I believe she deserves a spot on this list because she was the first to say "Hey women are people to" And pave the way for women to have equal rights."

In 527 CE Justinian was appointed the emperor of the great Byzantine empire. He is most famous for his work as a legislator whom sponsored the codification of the laws that were known as the Codex Justinian's and his direction of the construction of several cathedrals such as Hagias Sophia.

Heraclius ruled from 610 to 641 and was famous for introducing the Greek Language to the Byzantine Empire. And was able to reorganize and strengthen the impearl administration and imperial armies driving the Persians out of Asia Minor defeating them in 627 at the battle of Nineveh. He also tried to repair the Schism in the Christian church in regard to the monophylies by promoting a doctrine called Monothelitism.

With the continues fall of Rome, The byzantine priests kept warning the congregation to repent of their sins because it was because of that they were suffering from the wrath of God. So The emperor Leo III decided to take actions into his own hands. He forced the Jews to convert to Christianity because he thought their presence was angering God. And that all of it was because of the Jew Icons. So he did something even further, he tried destroying all of the Icons. Which made Pope Gregory mad.

In 867 Basil II was most famous for pushing the Byzantine territorial lines back to the Mesopotamia. This was important because once again Byzantium was at the center of International trade stretching from across Europe and the Middle east. Which while enriching Constantinople led to a renaissance in building and art. And Constantinople's population rebounded and so did its society. During time Pontius produced an encyclopedia of Ancient Greek that otherwise would have been lost forever!

The fall of Constantinople was very important because it was the capture of Byzantines Empire's Capital by the Ottoman Empire. This happened after the Ottomans breached the ancient land wall and besieged the city for 55 days! This is in my list of 10 events/people because before it fell it was a powerful defense for Christian Europe against Muslim Invasion's which soon led to the Ottoman Expansion into Europe and the fall of the Great Byzantine Empire.