Shaping Eastern Europe
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Shaping Eastern Europe
Section 9-3 pp. 294-297
Geography Shapes Eastern Europe
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Holy Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Migrations Contribute to Diversity
• Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe and Balkans– West Slavs migrated to Poland, Czech Republic,
and Slovak Republic– South Slavs migrated to the Balkan Peninsula– Magyars migrated to Hungary – Other groups that migrated to Eastern Europe
included Huns, Vikings, and Jews
Migrations Contribute to Diversity
• Religious Diversity – Byzantine Christianity in Balkans – Roman Catholicism in Poland, Hungary, Czech
Republic, and west Balkans– Islam in the Balkans – Judaism in Poland• Found tolerance there • Economic and cultural contributions
Three Early Kingdoms Develop
• Poland Enjoys Greatness– Queen Jadwiga married Duke Wladyslaw Jagiello
of Lithuania to form a strong nation – Political power shifts from monarch to nobles • Vote of a single noble in the diet could veto a law
– Lack of a strong central government led to decline– King Jan Sobieski broke Ottoman siege of Vienna
Three Kingdoms Emerge
• Magyars Rule Hungary – Magyars: Warriors from Central Asia – Adopted Roman Catholic Christianity – Golden Bull of 1222: King signed charter
recognizing nobles’ rights – Weakened by Mongol invasion – Conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1526
Three Kingdoms Emerge
• Serbs Establish a Balkan Kingdom – Serbs descended from
South Slavs – Mostly practiced
Orthodox Christianity – Ruler Stefan Dusan
adopted Byzantine culture
– Conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1389
Stefan Dusan