Kievan Rus

Kievan Rus

Who?
1. vikings
  1. from Russia to Byzantine Empire
Where?
1. Eastern Europe
  1. Nougorod
    1. Kiev
Significance
1. trade routes
  1. Baltic
    1. Constantinople
      1. Baghdad
        Connected to
2. eventual
  1. foundation of Russian identity (cult)
Origins
1. Rurik + 2 brothers
  1. Novgorod
    1. Oleg the Prophet
      1. to...
        Kiev
      2. ***trade agreements with the Byzantine
Stucture
1. Principalities (confederacy)
2. Vladimir "the Great"
  1. *unify through Orthodox Church
    1. Byzantine Empire
Problem
1. Thus
  1. perception of weakness
    1. Worsened by
      1. Byzantine Decline
2. Lack of centralized authority
  1. Examples: Swahili, Merchant Sultanate, Ashikaga, Hanseatic League
3. Vulnerablity
  1. Principalities (internal strife)
    1. No cent. auth.
  2. Polovtsy
    1. displaced neighbors
      1. Asking for help
  3. Poor choice
    1. kill Mongol emissaries
Impact
1. Golden Horde
  1. Annilate Rus
  2. Political
    1. absorbed into Golden economy
  3. Unity
    1. cultural (Orthodox Church)
      1. military and tax exemptions
    2. strengthens Orthodox Church
    3. Moves center to Moscow
    4. Metropolitans
      1. leaders
        "missions"
        rural
Collaboration
1. Appoint local rulers to collect taxes

Resource summary

	Created by Isabel Pearson almost 2 years ago