HISTORY 1CC3 Lecture 4: Islam & the Byzantine Empire
15 Feb 2017
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Trade treaty with russia" forced by russian raiding. Slavic people: strong alliance was formed with the byzantine empire, present-day russia and ukraine, in uence of byzantine empire caused russia to adopt christianity, missionaries introduce written alphabet for slavic languages (helped introduce christianity. Crusaders: stopped in constantinople and pillaged the city (raid and trade, strip the city of gold, lead, valuable relics, etc, east vs. west (roman catholicism vs. Arabs & islamic movement: put a lot of pressure on the byzantine empire, mongol empire also doing this later (istanbul) Emperor heraclitus: bezant (coin, still holds its value today. January 15, 2016: equipment and mobility: arab invasions involved camels and horses, mongols and turks were masterful horsemen (mongols innovated with the composite bow; strength and. They were taught to hunt horseback from a young age: ottoman turks (central asian in origin like seljuk turks)
