Middle ages 400-1400

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  • Period: 304 to 336

    Reign of Constantine

  • Period: 323 to 726

    Early Byzantine art

  • 324

    Founding of Constantinople

    Emperor Constantine named the city Constantinople, now called Istanbul, after himself.
  • 395

    division of the Roman Empire

    After the death of Emperor Theodosius, the Roman Empire is divided between his two sons in a Western and an Eastern Empire.
  • Sack of Rome
    410

    Sack of Rome

    The Visigoths sack Rome, effectively delivering the final blow for the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
  • Odoacer crowns himself king of Italy
    476

    Odoacer crowns himself king of Italy

    The German leader Odoacer becomes the leader of Italy. This marks the official end of the Western Roman Empire.
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Justinians rule over the byzantine empire

  • 537

    Justinian ascends the Byzantine throne

  • 537

    Hagia Sofia is finished

  • 539

    the Byzantines capture Ravenna

    Thanks to this Byzantine period, Ravenna is an unique West-European city with Byzantine art.
  • 546

    San vitale at Ravenna is finished

  • 600

    Rise of the Islam

    Islamic cultures begin to take over large parts of the world very quickly
  • 617

    Muhammad abandons Mecca for Medina

  • Period: 622 to 750

    Conquerings of Muhammad & the islamic forces

  • 692

    Dome of the Rock is finished

  • 726

    Iconoclasm

    Leo III tries to destroy all religious art in the Byzantine Empire.
  • Period: 768 to 877

    Carolingian empire

  • Period: 800 to 900

    Carolingian renaissance

  • 814

    Charlemagne dies

  • 843

    Empress Theodora repels Iconoclasm in the Byzantine empire

  • Period: 843 to 1205

    Middle Byzantine art

  • Period: 919 to 1024

    Ottonian empire

  • Period: 1050 to 1200

    Romanesque style

  • 1065

    making of the Bayeux tapestry

  • 1100

    invention of cuerda seca tilework

  • Period: 1140 to 1194

    early gothic art

  • 1194

    rebuilding of Chartes Cathedral

  • Period: 1194 to 1299

    High Gothic art

  • Period: 1200 to 1300

    Duecento

  • 1204

    Crucaders occupy Constantinople

  • 1261

    Byzantines regain Constantinople

  • Period: 1261 to 1453

    Late Byzantine art

  • Period: 1299 to 1391

    Trecento

  • Period: 1300 to 1500

    Late Gothic art

  • Period: 1355 to 1393

    Palace of the Lions in Alhambra inGranada, Spain, is built

  • 1453

    The Ottoman Turks take Constantinople

    This event marks the end of the Eastern Roman Empire.
  • 1492

    Fall of Granada

    Ferdinand Isabella chase away the Muslims in Spain for good.