HIST1083 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Byzantine Empire, Ivan Iii Of Russia, Manifest Destiny
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The rise of russia: became a country in the early modern period resulted from local, internal conflicts and alos external conflict with foreigners, not asia or europe. Kievan rus: loose alliance of slavic tribes. Slavs group of people: modern day ukraine, western russia, traditional dominant force in area, conquered by golden horde of the mongol empire, forced to pay tribute. Know who is in control because they pay this tribute to the mongol empire. Orthodox christianity: russian slavs converted by byzantine eastern orthodox priests, great schism, 1054. Between catholics in the west (pope) and orthodox christianity in the east (constantinople: eastern orthodox church in constantinople, catholic church in rome, close religious links between russians and constantinople. Ottoman jackpot: constantinople, 1453: capital of eastern roman empire (byzantine empire) falls. Internally, ivan establishes own personal power in the future country strong central person in power key to new empire.
