1. Shaping Eastern Europe
Chapter 9 Section 3

2. Geography Shapes Eastern Europe
Balkan Peninsula
Mountains region
Triangular land extending to Mediterranean
Danube River and Vistula River
Goods and cultural influences traveled these rivers

3. Migration Contributes to Diversity
Ethnic Group
Group of people who share same language and cultural heritage
Slavs
West Slavs (present day Poland)
South Slavs (Balkans)

4. Christians and Muslims Influence Region
Byzantine missionaries: Eastern Orthodox Christianity through Balkans

5. German knights and missionaries: Roman Catholic Christianity to:
Poland
Hungary
Czech
Western Balkans

6. Jewish expulsions and migrations
England, France, and Spain expelled Jews because:
Black death
Crusades
1262 Prince Boleslaw of Cracow protects Jews
Polish toleration for 500 years

8. Three Early Kingdoms Develop
Poland
Hungary (Magyars)
Balkan Kingdom

9. Poland Roman Catholicism Queen Jadwiga and Duke Wladyslaw married 1368
Poland-Lithuania largest in Europe
Political power: monarchs to nobles
Diet: assembly
Single noble vote block passage of laws

10. Hungary (Magyars) Roman Catholicism
Hungarian King sings: Golden Bull of 1222
Similar to Magna Carta
Limits royal power
Mongols overran Hungary 1241

11. Serbs in the Balkan Kingdom
Orthodox Christianity
Stefan Dusan (king)
Ottoman Turks overran in 1389
Culture similar to Byzantine Empire