| | | expansion into Europe | ↓ | 800-900 | Image worship restored, 843 | Charlemagne crowned | | emperor of Holy Roman | | Empire at Rome, 800 | | | Byzantine missionaries convert | | Bulgarians to Orthodox | | Christianity, 864 | | | | Macedonian dynasty (founded by | | | Basil I), 867-1056 | | | | | | Second great advancement | | | of Byzantine civilization | 900-1000 | | | Arab rule in Spain at | | | height; Cordova | | | greatest intellectual | | | center in Europe | | Russians converted to | | | Orthodox Christianity, 989 | | | | 1000-1100| |Basil II conquers Bulgarians; | William the Conqueror | | rules from Asia Minor to | invades England, 1066 | | southern Italy, 1014 | | | | | |Defeat by Seljuk Turks in | Crusades against Moslems | | Armenia, 1071; decline of | in Holy Lands, | ↓ Byzantine military power | 1096-1270 | | | 1100-1200|Comnenus dynasty unable to | | | restore Byzantine power | | | | | 1200-1300|Crusaders take Constantinople, | Magna Charta in England, |1204 | 1215 | | | | |Michael VIII reconquers | | | Constantinople; restores | | | Greek rule, 1261 | ↓ | | 1300-1400|Ottoman Turks invade Europe, | | defeat Serbs, 1389; Byzantine | | Empire reduced to Constantinople| | and surroundings | | | 1400-1500|Tamerlane defeats Ottoman Turks | Renaissance | at Ankara, 1402; delays fall of | | Byzantine Empire | | | |John VIII agrees to unite Greek | Invention of printing, | and Roman churches to gain | 1439 | Western aid, 1439; plan fails | | |