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Justinian
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 500sCE. In Byzantine Empire/Constantinople. Begun and implemented a major reform to the empire’s law code, used for millennia afterwards and adopted by other areas of Europe as an example.
Iconoclastic Struggles
A conflict between iconoclasts and iconodules over religious icon illustrations. 700s, 800sCE. Byzantine Empire. Began due to two emperors Leo III and Leo V who thought the clergy was too powerful, so they conspired against religious icons, wanting to destroy them all to reduce the clergy’s influence.
Anna Comnena
Daughter of Alexis I Commenus. 1000sCE. Byzantine Empire. Wrote the book Alexiad about her father’s reign, becoming a primary source of information about the Byzantine empire and providing accounts of the First Crusade from their perspective.
Fourth Crusade
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