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Interactive Digital Timeline Of The Byzantine Empire
Rithika Kangath
Created on November 20, 2024
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Made By: Rithika Kangath
Interactive Digital Timeline Of The Byzantine Empire
The Battle of Manzikert (1071 A.D)
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The Fourth Crusaders (1202 A.D)
The Justinian Plague (542 A.D)
Theodora Became Empress (527 A.D)
The Byzantine Empire Fell Due to the Ottoman Turks (1453 A.D)
The Justinian Code Was Completed (534 A.D)
The Hagia Sophia Was Built (537 A.D)
The East-West Schism (1054 A.D)
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Justinian Became Emperor (527 A.D)
The Byzantine Empire was Born (330 A.D)
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The red areas represents the Byzantine Empire while the orange areas represents the areas surrounding it.
The Byzantine Empire was created in 330 A.D. The Byzantine Empire was formed by the Eastern Roman Empire. This empire survived for almost a thousand years after the Western portions of the Roman Empire collapsed. The Byzantine Empire being born is signigicant becaue it was the start of one of the most well-known empires in history.
The Byzantine Empire Was Born (330 A.D
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Justin (Justinian's uncle) and Justinian were originally peasants but moved to the Byzantine Empire to start a better life. Both of them became part of the militarty. Then, after the current empereor had died, Justin became emperor. After this, Justinian became emperor Justinian was an incredible emperor. He did many things to improve the life of his people. As well as take care of people's lives. Some of the many things that he did were, took back terretory that the Roman's originally had, built many imporant peicies of architecture, and so much more! Justinian becoming emperor was significant becaue he was the able to get so close to bring the Old Western Roman Empire and The Byzantine Empire together.
This is how Justinian looks like in moasaic form.
Justinian Became Emperor (527 A.D)
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Theodora was a vey bright person who had many great ideas. Theodora was originally an actress. This meant that she could not mary Justinian because there was a law. After some time though, he removed the law so that he could mary Theodora. Theodora passed down laws to help protect women, children, and some Christian minority groups. She evem saved Justinians abily to rule! At one point, some of Justinian opponets revolted against him. He was about to leave but Theodora insisted he stayed there and fight. Theodora was significant becaue she helped Justinian rule, saved his crown, and was one of the most well known women in the Byznatine empire.
This is Theodora in mosaic form.
Theodora Became Empress (534 A.D)
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The Justinian Code was completed in 534 A.D. The Justinian Code rewrote confusing Roman laws and put them into one book called the Justinian Code. This code has formed the Eurpoean law until modern times. The Justinian Code was complted was significant becaue without the Justinian Code,the law and government would have been a mess.
This is an image of a page from the Justinian Code.
The Justinian Code Was Completed (534 A.D)
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The Hagia Sophia was completed in 537 A.D. It took about 5-6 years for it to be completed. The Hagia Sophia was orginaly a church. After sometime it became a mosque. Now, it is a museum. The Hagia Sophia is a beautiful piece of architecture. The translating of Hagia Sophia is, "Holy Wisdom". The Hagia sophia was and still is significant because it was a religious, political, and artistic place.
This is an image of the Hagia Sophia, located is present-day Instanbul.
The Hagia Sophia Was Built (537 A.D)
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The Justinian Plague was a plague that spreaded thoughout the Byzantine Empire. The outbreak might have possibly occured by rats carrying the deasease while on grain ships arriving from egypt. The Justinian Plague was significant becaue it weakened the Byzantine Empire at one point.
This image shows what happened during The Justinan Plague.
The Justinian Plague (542 A.D)
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The East-West Shism happened in 1054 A.D. This schism occured because there were arguements that happened due to the way the East and the West were developing. This lead to one final split. Some of the arguments include, whether or not to allow icons, whether the holy spirt has the father and son or only the son, and may more. Also, the East-West schism occured because the pope excommunicated the patraich. In return, the patraich excommuniacted the pope. This great schism is significant because it formally seperated the Roman Catholic Church from the Eastern Orthdox Church, which forever split the Christian church.
This map shows which areas are part of the Roman Catholic Church and which areas are part of the Eastern Orthdox Church.
The East-West Schism (1054 A.D)
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The Battle of Manzikert signifified the end of Byzantine power in Turkey. This is because The Byzantines lost Anatolia to the Seljuq Turks. Due to this loss, conflicts and an economic crisis occured. After this, the ability to defend there borders decreased. This is significant because this event in time shows that the Byzantines did lose land.
This is an image of what The Battle Of Manzikert (maan-zuh-krt).
The Battle of Manzikert (1071 A.D)
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The Fourth Crusaders happended because Pope Innocent III wanted to have Christian control over the holy land. The Forth Crusaders were a Western Europeana armed expedition. The Fouth Crusaders are considered to be one of the reasons why The East-West Shism occcured. The Fourth Crusaders were significant becaue they were one of the reasons why The East-West Schism occured.
This is a fresco of Innocent III.
The Fourth Crusaders (1202 A.D)
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