Vocab
These people thought the presence of icons was the same as idol worship and should be outlawed.
This empire controlled the land north of the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
What is Greek Fire?
The nation that the Scandinavians helped establish.
What is the Kievan Rus?
Missionaries came to Moscow to talk about their religion and the posibility of Moscow coonverting with this emperor.
Who is Vladimir I?
Church leaders use this term to label an opinion that conflicts with church doctrine.
What is heresy?
The nation state is still present today and grew in power during the reign of Ivan III.
What is Moscow? (or Russia)
What is the Intelligence Service?
The Kievan Rus provided the Byzantines with
What are Slaves?
The nation states that the Mongols did not burn the cities of because they went back to select a new ruler.
What is Poland and Hungary?
Barring a person from church membership and taking part in church ceremonies.
This was the general of Justinian's army.
Who is Belisarius?
The part of the Roman Empire that became the richest do to it's agriculture, manufacturing, and trade.
What is the East?
Due to this the Kievan Rus thrived in trade.
What is Geographical position?
The Russian Orthodox Church controlled 1/4 of all the cultivated land in Russia thanks to donations of people that were seeking this.
What is Spiritual Salvation?
Caesar or emperor.
What is Czar?
These people invaded the Kievan Rus and were from the Asian steppe west of the Ural Mountains.
Who are the Mongols?
The Byzantines preserved this culture through their writings.
What is Western Culture?
The people who invaded and destroyed Kievan cities.
Who are the Mongols?
Grand Prince who refused to pay taxes and overthrew the Mongols.
Who is Ivan III?
The Rus name for Constantinople.
What is Miklagard?
This Norseman spent time as a Varangian Guard before returning home and becoming king.
Who is Harald Hardrada?
During this Holy War, Constantinople was sacked by the Crusaders.
What is the 4th Crusade?
The Vikings and the area they controlled.
What is Rus?
Within the Mongol tax system, this people collected the taxes from lower classes.
Who are the landlords?