Podcast Quiz Flashcards
The Viking movement and slave trade had its origin in the early _?
1000 AD/CE
Christianity and religion played a key role in the
Viking movement and slave trade
Statehood was an important factor in protecting citizens from
being enslaved
During the ____ period, the slave trade was picking up and statehood was crucial in protecting the large slave trade.
800-1000 AD
The people who started the state were also the ones who
engaged in the slave trade
Kievan Rus, formed by the Vikings and rivers, were influenced by the presence of other Slavic states
Bulgaria and Moravia.
Europe was north of the Mediterranean and the classic world revolved around it, but the two worlds didn’t meet until
Islam touched Europe
The spread of Christianity made the situation worse for pagans who were seen as fair game for enslavement. Rulers converted to Christianity for the benefits it brought to their culture, rather than
belief
There were two varieties of Christianity, between the
Franks and Byzantines
Charlemagne was crowned on
Christmas Day in 800
What does Caro mean?
King
The Byzantine tradition was
Tsar
The Vikings were a reaction to
Charlemagne
The Vikings used boats on the Dnieper to reach
Byzantium, which was along the way to Kyiv, a reading post.
Moravia was the first Slavic state, mentioned in 822, and was run by the
Franks
Kiev was influenced by
Christianity, Orthodoxy, Slavic, Vikings, and Franks.
The two missionaries, Saints Cyril and Methodius, spread
Christianity to the Slavs and used the Cyrilic alphabet.
There was a difference between Roman Catholic and Orthodox, with the latter
having no Pope and priests allowed to marry.
The two rulers of the two countries fighting, Vladimir and Volodymyr, had similar origins but came from
different histories
The Ukrainian President is natively
Russian, but is now speaking Ukrainian.
Vikings used the Dnieper , and would eventually settle in
Kiev, making it a state.
Kievan Rus was located between the
Byzantine Empire to the south and the Vikings to the north.
It sought a trade route to the south and was influenced by the
the Byzantines, Vikings, and the Khazars, a semi-nomadic Turkish people.
Conversion of leaders was mostly political and for personal gain. Volodymyr the Great became the permanent link between the Byzantine Empire and Kievan Rus and helped the
Byzantine Empire restore power.
Russia is a product of
Byzantine Empire and Kievan Rus
