Post Classical Era: Civilization in Eastern Europe- Byzantium & Orthodox Europe

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Andrus AP World History Ch 9 Reading Study Guide #2 P. 201-208

1. What happened between the Pope in Rome and the Patriarch in Constantinople in 1054?

2. What were the issues at stake in this East-West Schism of Christianity?

3. Why is the Battle of Manzikert significant? What happened?

4. How did this lead to the Crusades (from Western Europe)?

5. What happened during a crusade in 1204?

6. Why was the fall of Constantinople so significant in World History?

7. Study Map 9.2, How and when did the Byzantine Empire decline from major to minor power status?

8. Who were the famous missionaries from the Byzantine Empire? Where did they go? What did they accomplish?

9. What region in Eastern Europe became an “area of competition” and connection between east & west?

10. What ethno-religious minority entered Eastern Europe during this time? Why?

11. Which group brought trade; more organized governments & eventual contact with the Byzantines to Slavs/Russia/Eastern Europe?

12. When did Vladimir I reign in Kievan Rus’ Post Classical Era: Civilization in Eastern Europe- Byzantium & Orthodox Europe

13. Why did Vladimir I convert (himself & his WHOLE kingdom) to Orthodox Christianity?

14. How did this lead to the foundation of the Russian Orthodox Church?

15. What is the term used for landholding Russian aristocrats?

Read: “Russia turns to Christianity”

16. In what ways might the account be simplistic in describing royal powers & popular response?

17. What kind of church-state relationship did this kind of conversion predict?

18. What nomadic warrior group invaded the Russian principalities of Kiev & Moscow in 1237-1241?

19. Why was the point of this invasion? What did the Russians call these people?

20. How did this outside invasion strengthen a unified Russian identity?

21. Why did some consider Russia/Moscow to be the “Third Rome”?

Read: “In Depth: Eastern & Western Europe: The Problem of Boundaries”

22. What were the main characteristics of Russian Civilization as it first emerged in the postclassical period?

23. In what ways did Poland, Hungary and the Czech lands differ from these characteristics?

Post Classical Era: Civilization in Eastern Europe- Byzantium & Orthodox Europe