Download CH 10-3 Lesson 2

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• How did the cities of Kiev
and Moscow become
centers of power?
The Slavs established villages in Eastern Europe.
3 Groups – Southern, Western and Eastern.
800’s Eastern Slavs expanded Kiev.
Kievan Rus grew wealthy from trade.
988, Vladimir marries the sister of the Byzantine
emperor and converts to Eastern Orthodox.
1240 – Mongols conquer Kieval Rus.
Mongols spared Novgorod. Had to pay tribute to the
Kahn and accept the Mongols as rulers.
Germans and Swedes attacked Novgorod. Prince
Alexander Nevsky defeated them.
Slavs moved into Russia.
Moscow became a large city and a trade crossroads.
Moscow’s rulers worked with the Mongols and
expanded their territory.
1462 Ivan III becomes Czar. Married the niece of the
Byzantine emperor.
1480 - Ivan III had driven out the Mongols. Expanded
his to the North and West.
European Crusades
1071 Muslim Turks defeated the Byzantines and
seized Asia Minor.
Byzantines asked Pope Urban II for help defeating the
Muslim forces.
1095 the Pope asks the Nobles to begin a Crusade
to free the Holy Land.
1099 the first soldiers reach Jerusalem and take the city.
Crusaders set-up 4 states. The Kingdom of Jerusalem,
Edessa and Antioch in Asia Minor and Tripoli.
The states relied on Italy for supplies.
Muslims retook Edessa and defeated the Europeans in
the 2nd Crusade.
1174 Muslim General Saladin recaptured Jerusalem.
Europeans lost the 3rd Crusade. Soon all lands won
in the crusades were back in Muslim control.
The Crusades brought the Byzantines and Muslims into
contact with one another.
Europeans gained knowledge in architecture, ship
building, map making and how to use a compass.
Europeans wanted, spices, sugar, lemons and silk.
The Crusades weakened Feudalism, Kings gained power.
Exit
• What was one way the Crusades changed
Christian Europe?