The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the dynasty of Heraclius between 610 and 711. The Heraclians presided over a period of cataclysmic events that were a watershed in the history of the Empire and the world. At the beginning of the dynasty, the Empire's culture was still essentially Ancient Roman, dominating the Mediterranean and harbouring a prosperous Late Antique urban civilization. This world was shattered by successive invasions, which resulted in extensive territorial losses, financial collapse and plagues that depopulated the cities, while religious controversies and rebellions further weakened the Empire. By the dynasty's end, the Empire had evolved a different state structure: now known in historiography as medieval Byzantium, a chiefly agrarian, military-dominated society that was engaged in a lengthy struggle with the <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/Rashidun-Caliphate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Muslim Caliphate</a>. However, the Empire during this period was also far more homogeneous, being reduced to its mostly Greek-speaking and firmly Chalcedonian core territories, which enabled it to weather these storms and enter a period of stability under the successor <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/Byzantine-Empire-Isaurian-dynasty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Isaurian Dynasty</a>. Nevertheless, the state survived and the establishment of the Theme system allowed the imperial heartland of Asia Minor to be retained. Under Justinian II and Tiberios III the imperial frontier in the East was stabilized, although incursions continued on both sides. The latter 7th century also saw the first conflicts with the Bulgars and the establishment of a <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Bulgaria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bulgarian</a> state in formerly Byzantine lands south of the Danube, which would be the Empire's chief antagonist in the West until the 12th century.

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Bysantin valtakunta: Heraklianinen dynastia Aikajana

Bysantin valtakunta: Heraklianinen dynastia Aikajana

Prologi

Bysantin-Sasanian sota

Herakleioksen nousu

Herakleuksesta tulee Bysantin keisari

Heraklius tekee kreikasta valtakunnan virallisen kielen

Persialainen voitto Antiokian taistelussa

Shahinin hyökkäys Vähään-Aasiaan

Sasanian Egyptin valloitus

Herakleioksen kampanja 622

Bysantin ongelma avaarien kanssa

Herakleioksen kampanja 624

Saruksen taistelu

Bysantin ja Turkin liitto

Konstantinopolin piiritys

Bysantin ja Sassanidin sodan loppu

Muslimien Levantin valloitus

Ajnadaynin taistelu

Damaskoksen piiritys

Fahlin taistelu

Yarmukin taistelu

Muslimit valloittavat Pohjois-Syyrian

Muslimien valloitus Bysantin Egyptissä

Heliopoliksen taistelu

Constans II ja uskonnolliset kiistat

Constans II:n hallituskausi

Suurlähetystö Tang-dynastian Kiinaan

Bysanttilaiset menettävät Aleksandrian

Muslimit hyökkäävät Afrikan eksarkaattiin

Vakioiden tyypit

Mastojen taistelu

Kypros, Kreeta ja Rodos putoavat

Ensimmäinen Fitna

Constans siirtyy länteen

Umayyadit valtaavat Chalcedonin

Sisäinen kiista ja Umayyadien nousu

Konstantinus IV:n hallituskausi

Umayyad valtaa takaisin Pohjois-Afrikan

Ensimmäinen Konstantinopolin arabipiiritys

Thessalonikan piiritys

Muawiyah haastaa oikeuteen rauhan puolesta

Konstantinopolin kolmas kirkolliskokous

Bulgarit hyökkäävät Balkanille

Justinianus II:n ensimmäinen hallituskausi

Strategos Leontius kampanjoi menestyksekkäästi Armeniassa

Justinianus II kukistaa Makedonian bulgarit

Sodan uusiminen Umayyadien kanssa

Justinianus II syrjäytettiin ja karkotettiin

Carthagen retkikunta

Tiberius III:n hallituskausi

Armenialaiset kapinat Omayyadeja vastaan

Justinianus II:n toinen hallituskausi

Bulgaarien tappio

Kilikia kaatuu Umayyadille

Heraklian-dynastian loppu

Vieraile kaupassa

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