1. Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 111
History of the Ancient and Medieval World The Shaping of Eastern Europe
Walsingham Academy
Mrs. McArthur
Room 111

2. Just don’t let it happen to you!
Mrs. McArthur’s
history student
Term 4
Eeuwww,
This could
get ugly!

3. The Shaping of Eastern EuropeCE
World of Kievan-Rus
Vikings + Slavs = Russians (Varangians)
Contacts with Byzantine Empire
Challenges to Survival
Mongols
Teutonic Knights’ Crusade (1242)
Black Death
Fall of Constantinople (1453)
The Rise of Moscow and the “Ivans”
Eastern Europe – A Crossroads

5. Kievan Rus: 862-1054 C.E. *Kievan Rus
Create a web of Influence to explain the development of Kievan Rus.
*Kievan Rus
*Not a good example of feudal state.

6. The Incredible Shrinking Empire (The Fall of Constantinople)
Centuries of warfare: 1204, 4th Crusaders sack city, slavs attack from North, Mongols attack from North and East.
Seljik Turks destroy access to food supplies of Asia Minor
Internal problems: court intrigues, struggles over succession, powerful lords gained control over outlying areas.
Competition from other successful traders: Italian City States. Economic viability reduced.
Loss of a critical mass: got too small given that neighbors were hostile.
Fell behind in technology.
1453
Ottoman Turks
Capture city
Complete Graphic Organizer

7. Legacy of Byzantine Empire
Russia
Western Europe
Eastern and Western Europe
Preserved and Built on the intellectual heritage of Hellenistic world – blend of Christian religious belief with Greek/Persian/Egyptian/Indian philosophy, science, history, literature.
Extended Roman achievements especially in engineering and law.
Influenced European artistic and architectural styles especially to give viewers a sense of a personal contact with the sacred and to evoke the sense of a presence of God.
Eastern Europe-Russia
Religious Orientation of Orthodox Christianity – Russia believes it is Byzantium’s heir.
Legacy of Style of Rule: Autocracy fused with religious leadership.
Orthodox Christianity

8. (Ivan the Awe-Inspiring)
Ivan Grozny
(Ivan the Awe-Inspiring)

9. Absolute Rule in Russia
Mongols
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrrible 1. 2. 3. 4.
Organizing Your Writing Skill Worksheet
Causes for Mongol Rule
Trading cities decline with decline of Byzantine prosperity
Effects of Mongol Rule
Heavy taxes (tribute)
Peace reigns from China to Eastern Europe
Russian merchants benefit from new Mongol-controlled trade routes
Strong central government
Summary:

10. Thesis statement on Mongol Rule org.
New terms & 2 Checkpoint Questions
Note Taking Study Guide Timeline
Absolute Rule in Russia (organizer x 3)
Map Review
In-Class Activity

11. Color Serbia yellow
Color Poland green
Color Lithuania green polka dot
Color Hungary purple
Identify with a black dot and number in red the cities (1) Constantinople (2) Kiev (3) Novgorod (4) Moscow
Trace in heavy black these rivers: Rhine, Danube, Vistula, Dnieper, Volga

12. In-Class Activity (for Assignment 3)
Viewpoints on Sophia
Terms and Checkpoint Questions (board)
Diversity of Eastern Europe (board)
3 Early Kingdoms Develop:
Poland,
Hungary,
Serbia
In-Class Activity (for Assignment 3)

13. Religions of Eastern Europe:

14. Eastern Europe c. 1500

15. Historic Jewish Settlement Patterns of Eastern Europe
Jewish Migrations
Terms
Diaspora
Yiddish
The Pale
Historic Jewish Settlement Patterns of Eastern Europe

16. Assignment 1 due Tues. 3/13 Read text pages 289-291(top)
Identify: 3 blue-bold terms as well as: Varangian, Rus, Rurik, Princess Olga of Kiev, Vladimir and Yaroslav the Wise,
Answer 2 checkpoint questions.
Complete organizer on following slide.
Plot (using your Byzantine Empire Map to help you plot the rivers): Baltic Sea, Dniester, Bug, Dnieper, Don and Volga Rivers as well as cities: Kiev, Pskov, Novogrod, Suzdal and Vladimir.

17. Assignment 2 Read text, pp 291-293 and answer 2 Checkpoint questions.
Complete Chapter 9, Section 2 Note Taking timeline.
Auto-test (Follow link)
Eastern Europe Test: Friday, 3/23

18. Assignment 3 Read text, pp 287-288 and answer 2 Checkpoint questions.
Read Chapter 9, Section 1 Summary.
Auto-test (Follow link.)
Eastern Europe Test: Friday, 3/23

19. Assignment 4 Watch trailer for Mongol Good Masters! Sweet Ladies II
…to this day there has been no man, Christian or Pagan, Tartar or Indian, or of any race whatsoever, who has known or explored so many of the various parts of the world and of its great wonders as …Marco Polo. —From the Prologue to The Travels of Marco Polo
Click on image for map

20. Assignment 5 Read text, pp 294-297
Identify 4 terms and answer 3 Checkpoint questions.

21. Assignment 1: due 3/20 Map Skills, pp 292
Complete personal map, per instructions
Eastern Europe Test: Friday, 3/23

22. Assignment 2 Complete Map of Eastern Europe.
Study Infographic, Jewish Expulsions, pp 295 and answer questions.
Complete Auto-Test.

23. Assignment 3-4: Review Test Date: Fri. 3/23
Read Quick Study Guide (including timeline), pp
Do you have your organizers completed?
Do you have your maps completed?
Quiz on Chapter 9: (16 pts)
8 matching/multiple choice
1 short essay

24. Be sure to Locate your copy of the Term 4 Novel
Konigsburg, E.L. The Second Mrs. Giaconda (ISBN: )

25. Enjoy Your Weekend (No History Homework !)