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Constant de Rebecque, Benjamin. 1767-1830. Swiss/French author. Adolphe.
Bosphorus. Strategic strait at Constantinople. Nelidov.
Brancusi, Constantin. 1876-1957. Romanian abstract sculptor. Bird in Space 1919.
Byzantine Empire. 395-1453. Eastern Roman Empire. Reduced by: 634 Caliphate Empire, 1042 Seljuks, 1204 Crusaders’ Latin Empire, 1453 Ottoman Empire.
Byzantium. 7C BC Greek city. 330 =Constantinople. 1453 =Istanbul.
Cerularius, Michael. c1000-59. Patriarch of Constantinople 1043-58. East-West Schism.
Constantine I. 274-338. Roman Emperor 306-, established Christianity as official religion. Moved capital to Constantinople. United state and church.
Constantine I. 1868-1923. King of Greece, 1913-17. Refused to support Allies in WWI. Abdicated. Restored 1920-2. Abdicated again.
Constantine V. 718-775. Byzantine Emperor 741-. Lost Rome and Italy.
Constantine XI. -1453. Last Byzantine Emperor 1449-. Died during Turkish siege.
Constantinople. Byzantium. Now Istanbul.
Constantinople, Fall of. 1453. Mehmed II. Name changed.
Constantinople Agreements. 1915. Secret French/British pact to give Dardanelles to Russia after WWI. Bolsheviks repudiated all previous treaties, but publicized secret ones-embarrassing.
Crucifixion. Abolished 4C by Constantine.
Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.
Dandolo, Enrico. c1108-1205. Blind Venice Doge. Captured Constantinople 1204.
Donation of Constantine. 8C. Forged document granting land to the papacy. Exposed 1440.
Gelasius I, St. Pope 492-6. Compiled first Missal. Hard line continued rift with Constantinople.
Greek Independence, War. 1821-29. Greek rebels, plus England, France, Russia defeat Turkey and Egypt. London Treaty. Otto I. Constantinople Treaty, 1832....End of Holy Alliance.
Hagia Sophia. 531-7. Constantinople church. 1453- Mosque. 1927- Museum. = St. Sophia.
Ignatius of Constantinople, St. c799-877. Greek Catholic Iconophile.
Irene. 752-803. Byzantine regent for Constantine VI 780-790. Deposed him...empress 797-. Iconophile.
Latin Empire of Constantinople. 1204-61. Established by 4th Crusade leaders.
Libraries. 1700BC Chaldean. 540BC Athens. 284BC Alexandria. 167 Rome. 355 Constantinople. 1446 Vatican. 1520 Paris. 1757 British Museum. 1598 Oxford Bodleian. 1653 Manchester, First free public. 1800 US Library of Congress.
Mehmed II. 1432-81. Ottoman sultan 1451~. Captured Constantinople 1453, ending Byzantine Empire. Conquered Anatolia, Greece, Aegean, most of Syria. Re-established Ottoman Empire.