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Valentinian III
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attacked by huns, rival w/ atieus, lost much of western empire |
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Constantine IV
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fought of islamic conquest, broke arabs during siege of constantinople, ended monothelitism |
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Justinian II
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was the last Byzantine Emperor of the Heraclian Dynasty,
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Odoacer
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His reign is commonly seen as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire. Odoacer was a military leader in Italy who led the revolt of Herulian, Rugian, and Scirian soldiers that deposed Romulus Augustulus. Theoderic invited Odoacer to a banquet of reconciliation and there killed him.
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Theodoric “the Great”
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Odoacer was menacing Byzantine territory and not respecting the rights of Roman citizens in Italy. At Zeno's encouragement, Theoderic invaded Odoacer's kingdom.
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Monophysites
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the single nature was divine and not human.
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Ali and theShia
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cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Shias believe that Muhammad explicitly named Ali as his successor
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Justinian I
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During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire. uniform rewriting of Roman law, the Corpus Juris Civilis
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Khusrau (Chosroes) II
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last king of Persia to have a lengthy reign before the Muslim conquest of Iran. fought with byzantium, both too weak to defend against islam
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Mu’awiyah (Muawiya)
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established the Umayyad Dynasty of the caliphate. conqured syria
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when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death
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when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death
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