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THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE (PP. 307-311)
I. RUSSIA’S BIRTH
A. LAND OF RUSSIA
1. TERRITORY & BORDERS
a)
b)
c)
d)
2. THREE RIVERS
a)
b)
c)
d) USE –
3. INHABITANTS
a)
b) 800 A.D. –
c)
B. SLAVS AND VIKINGS
1. RURIK
a)
b)
2. OLEG
a)
b)
c) CULTURAL DIFFUSION –
3. TRADE
a) GOODS –TIMBER, FURS, WAX, HONEY
b) SLAVES – SOLD SLAVIC PEOPLES AS SLAVES IN
CONSTANTINOPLE
4. KIEVAN CULTURE
a) PRINCIPALITY –
b)
c)
d) SOCIETY DIVIDED BETWEEN PEASANTS & NOBILITY
e) BOYARS – NOBILITY (ARISTOCRATS) OF SLAVIC
REGIONS
C. KIEV BECOMES ORTHODOX
1. OLGA
a)
b)
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2. VLADIMIR –
a)
b)
c)
d) CULTURAL LINKS TO BYZANTINE EMPIRE
(1)
(2)
(3) TEACHERS –
(4) TRANSLATED THE BIBLE USING THE CYRILLIC
ALPHABET
(5) RESULTED IN THE ADOPTION OF ORTHODOX
CHRISTIANITY BY RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE
II. KIEV’S POWER AND DECLINE
A. KIEVAN RUSSIA
1. KIEVAN EXPANSION
a) WEST –
b) NORTH –
c) SOUTH –
d) STEPPE – CENTRAL GRASSY PLAIN OF RUSSIA
2. YAROSLAV
a) MARRIAGE –
b) LEGAL CODE –
c) CHRISTIANITY –
3. YAROSLAV’S DEATH
a)
b)
c)
III. RUSSIA BREAKS FREE
A. INTRODUCTION
1. MONGOLS –
2. GENGHIS KHAN
a)
b) REPUTATION –
c) SIZE OF EMPIRE –
3. FALL OF KIEV
a) BATU KHAN –
b) RESULT –
B. MONGOL RULE IN RUSSIA
1. MONGOL RULE AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
a)
b)
c) RELIGIOUS MEANING – PUNISHMENT FOR RUSSIAN
PEOPLE’S SIN
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2. MONGOL DEMANDS
a)
b)
3. RUSSIAN NOBLE’S ROLE
a)
b)
4. ISOLATION
a)
b)
IV. RUSSIA BREAKS FREE
A. INTRODUCTION
1. FOUNDING
a) LOCATION –
b) EFFECT –
B. MOSCOW’S POWERFUL PRINCES
1. EXPANSION UNDER IVAN I
a) IVAN I –
b)
2. IVAN AND THE CHURCH
a)
b)
c) CONNECTED MOSCOW TO CONSTANTINOPLE
d) FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE TO OTTOMAN TURKS
(1) PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE MOVED TO
MOSCOW
(2) MOSCOW BECAME CENTER OF ORTHODOX
CHURCH
C. EMPIRE
1. IVAN III (IVAN THE GREAT)
a)
b) MARRIED NIECE OF BYZANTINE EMPEROR
c) CZAR (TSAR) –
d)
V. RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE
A. BYZANTINE INFLUENCE
1. USE OF THE DOME AND ARCH
2. USE OF MOSAIC PATTERNS
(CHANGED DOME TO ONION SHAPED)
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Figure 1
A. USING THE WORD BANK GIVEN BELOW AND THE MAP ON PAGE 308 & 309,
IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS GIVEN IN FIGURE 1
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MOSCOW, BALTIC SEA, KIEV, LAND OF THE VIKINGS, CONSTANTINOPLE,
BLACK SEA
B. ON FIGURE 1, DRAW AN ARROW WHICH INDICATES THE ORIGIN AND
DIRECTION OF EXPANSION OF THE MONGOL HORDE. MAP PAGE 298.
C. USING INFORMATION FROM YOUR OUTLINE NOTES CIRCLE THE
NUMBERED LOCATION WHICH INDICATES THE NEW CENTER OF THE
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH UPON THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE TO
THE OTTOMAN TURKS
D. USING A COLORED PENCIL OR INK PEN DRAW IN AT LEAST TWO POSSIBLE
TRADE ROUTES WHICH COULD CONNECT THE BALTIC SEA TO THE BLACK
SEA ON FIGURE 1
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