Byzantines
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire was built by this Roman Emperor.
Constantine
This linguistic group is the root of most of the languages in Eastern Europe.
Slavic
Hungary
The Poles are a part of the western group of this language family.
Slavic
This sport would eventually lead to massive riots that nearly destroyed Constantinople
Chariot Racing
The word Vampire originates from this language
Hungarian
This Byzantine Emperor was the most successful in their 1000 year history, and ruled over a large, diverse empire with trade connections all over the world.
Justinian
This was the name the Slavic people gave to the Scandinavian explorers who came to settle along the rivers of Eastern Europe
The Rus
The Magyars migrated into Europe from this part of the world.
Central Asia
Poland would gain power in the late 14th century by joining this northern duchy.
Lithuania
Ivan III declared this country to be the "Third Rome"
Russia
The infamous ruler who inspired the novel Dracula was prince of this Eastern European nation
Wallachia
This Byzantine Empress greatly influenced the expansion of women's rights during the 6th century
Empress Theodora
Fueled by the efforts of Olga and Vladimir, this religion became the dominant faith throughout the Kievan Rus.
Orthodox Christianity
This Hungarian king led the country to its greatest heights in the 1400s, using the first gunpowder army in Europe to do so.
Matthias Corvinus
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was led by this female king of Hungarian descent.
Jadwiga
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This Empire heavily influenced the Russian artistic style, particularly with its fancy robes and golden mosaics.
This natural element robs vampires of their powers
The city of Constantinople is built on the Golden Horn of Bosporus Straight, which gives them control over these two bodies of water.
The Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
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Along with failing trade and infighting, the invasion of this group firmly ended the dominance of the Kievan Rus in the 13th century.
This document was one of the first in Europe to establish legal limits on the powers of the king. It was published just seven years after the Magna Carta of England.
The Golden Bull of 1222
For a brief period of time, the Poles were close to conquering this group of people to their east, who would one day fight back and absorb them into their empire.
The Russians
This empire restored European access to the overland "Silk Road" trade route to China.
The Mongols
This Hungarian countess is accused of draining the blood of hundreds of young women
Erzebet Bathory
This practice of destroying religious icons across the empire led in part to the schism between the Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches.
Iconoclasm
After pushing out the Mongols at the battle of Kulikovo in 1380, the princes of this city would come to dominate Russia.
Moscow
By the 1500s, this Empire would conquer the Magyars, as well as their neighbors the Serbs and even the Byzantine Empire.
The Ottoman Empire
This governing body of Poland would eventually gain so much power that the monarch was unable to pass any laws without their total approval.
The Polish Diet
This system of military governors was put in place in the Byzantine Empire to fend off attacks by their many enemies.
The Theme system
This part of the garlic plant is said to repel vampires
The Flower