324AD
Constantinople is rebuilt
530's
Justinian builds the Church
of Hagia Sophia
565
Justinian has recovered Africa, Italy, the Spanish coast, Sicily,
Corsica, Sardinia and Burgundy
570AD
Prophet Mohammed is born
in Mecca
602
The
Persians invade Byzantium and carry off the True Cross
661
The Muslims are ruled by the Ummayad caliphs
711
Spain fell to the Muslims
750
Abbasid caliphate overthrows the Ummayads
1055
The
Turks take over the caliphate
1096
Emperor
Alexius I Commenus
asks Pope Urban II to call for a crusade
1204
The
Fouth Crusade seizes Constantinople instead of attacking the Muslims
1261
Constantinople was retake by the Byzantines
1453
Constantinople falls to the
Ottoman Turks
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