Anth3100a, 11 January 02 - Overview
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Eastern Europe ("lands in between") 13 countries.
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Approx. 140 million people, many languages.
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The renaissance, the reformation, scientific revolution, the Enlightenment,
the French revolution all impacted the region and the people.
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Linguistic connection to Russia, cultural connection to Orthodox church/no
direct Russian control until the 2nd. WW.
Defining lines:
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Orthodox Christians - Catholics
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Ottoman cultural area – Christian empries (+Habsburg, Austria, -Prussia
and Russia)
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Socio-economic conditions of Western Europe – socio-economic
conditions of Eastern Europe
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Neolithic settlements
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Greek and Roman ruins
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Migration of Slavs in the 6th century
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Conversion to Christianity at the end of the first millennium.
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4th century AD Roman empire-Christianity official religion.
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'The fall of Rome" 476 (chronology needs dates, processes take
centuries)
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Western part- Rome
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Eastern Part- Constantinople (Istanbul)
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West-single patriarch in Rome disintegrating political situation
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