Do Now
• For each war, list who fought and circle
who won.
• Example: Revolutionary War – US and
Britain
• 1. Peloponnesian War
• 2. Persian War
• 3. Punic Wars
The Byzantine Empire
had an influence that
would T.O.U.C.H. Russia
A little background
• Slavic = The Slavic
peoples are a linguistic
and ethnic branch of
Indo-European peoples.
Slavic peoples are
traditionally divided
along linguistic lines into
West Slavic (including
Czechs, Poles and
Slovaks), East Slavic
(including Belarusians,
Russians, Ukrainians,
and Rusyns), and South
Slavic (including
Bosnians, Bulgarians,
Croats, Macedonians,
Montenegrins, Serbs
and Slovenians).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Slavic_languages.jpg
Trade routes between the Black
Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Eastern Slavs lived
along trading route
between Black and
Baltic Seas, known
as Varangian Route.
• This route also let
Vikings join Slavs
• Viking warriors
become protectors
of Slavs and
establish capital at
Kiev.
http://www.lietuvos.net/istorija/vikingai/vikingai_ok_files/image002.jpg
Orthodox Christianity adopted by
Russia and much of Eastern Europe
• Control of Eastern
Orthodox Church goes to
Slavs in 1453 after
Ottoman conquest and fall
of Constantinople.
• Slavs borrow from
Byzantines for religion,
law, and culture.
• Slavic influences still seen
today in Russian
architecture and art.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/St_Basils_Cathedral-500px.jpg
Vladimir and the Conversion of
Russia
• Vladimir – leader of Kievan Rus (earliest name for
people living in modern day Russia)
• Sends people out to observe different religions.
• Observers only impressed with Eastern Orthodoxy,
they were very impressed by Constantinople.
• Based on this, Vladimir names Eastern Orthodoxy
official religion of territory.
Orthodox Churches in Red
U love World History!!
Cyril adapts the Greek alphabet to
Slavic languages. (Cyrillic Alphabet)
• Byzantine monks traditionally
spread Christianity.
• Most famous was Cyril,
traveled Slavic regions of
Eastern Europe.
• Gained followers and made
major contribution of Cyrillic
alphabet.
• Most Slavs were illiterate so
he designed an alphabet
based on Greek and their
language.
• Cyrillic alphabet – based
loosely on Greek alphabet;
still used in parts of Europe .
Heavenly architecture and
religious art
Greek Orthodox Church
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0507/images/bulgaria-castle.jpg
http://www.photoatlas.com/pics01/pictures_of_greece_16.html
Russian Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox in Richmond
http://www.vagocathedral.org/
http://www.russiablog.org/MoskvaChri
sttheSaviorCathedral.jpg
The
Hagia
Sophia
http://members.fortunecity.com/fstav1/agsofia
4.jpg
Roman Catholic Church
http://www.starcitypunk.com/gallery/Other%20photos
/Roanoke/st_andrews.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/N
otre_Dame_Cathedral_-_Paris.jpg/450pxNotre_Dame_Cathedral_-_Paris.jpg
http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/
~pmeerw/BG/NY/pictures/
St_Patricks.jpg
The end of the Byzantine
Empire
• Byzantine Empire continues until
Ottomans (Turks) sack Constantinople in
1453.
• Byzantine culture is prominate throughout
Eastern Europe and Russia.
Reflection
• After learning about the Byzantine impact
on Russia and Eastern Europe, why is it
important the culture was spread to Russia
and Eastern Europe?