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525
Justinian marry theodora
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527
Justinian becomes the emporer of the Eastern Empire
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529
Justinian's Code was established
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532
Nika Riots (Rebellion) took place
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533
Justinian sent Belisarius to recover North Africa from the Vandals
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535
Belisarius took Rome from the Ostrogoths
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537
Hagia Sophia was built
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555
Justinian conquered all of the territory that was once Rome
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Mar 2, 601
Empress Theodora restored icons to the eastern churches
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Mar 2, 717
Emporer Leo III banned the use of icons
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Mar 2, 988
Vladimir of Kiev converted to Byzantine Christianity
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Mar 2, 1054
Great Schism- Christianity was divided (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)
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Mar 2, 1055
SeljukTurks attacked and captured Baghdad from the persians
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Mar 2, 1071
Seljuk Turks crushed the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert
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Nov 27, 1095
Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade against the Turks (Muslims)
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Mar 2, 1099
Christian Crusaders captured Jerusalem and massacred Jews and Muslims
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Dec 6, 1240
Batu Khan (Genghis Khan's gradson) led the Mongol defeat of Kiev
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Mar 2, 1299
Ottoman Empire began- Osman started building a small state in Anatolia
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May 29, 1453
Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks
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Mar 2, 1480
Czar Ivan broke Russia (formerly Kiev) from Mongol control