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Constantinople became the trading center of Byzantine, propelling it to economic success due to its location.
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Justinian is famous for his work expanding the Christian church and reviving legal traditions in Rome.
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The Slavs divided into 3 distinctive groups, and formed a collection of city states called Kievan Rus, and they were heavily intertwined with Byzantium.
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Byzantium defended itself against multiple attacks during and around this time, but suffered economically. This would eventually lead to its decline
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Rural became the first prince of Kiev, which was formed through alliances with aristocrats, and would be coined “Russia”, probably by the Greeks. Kiev flourished through the 1200s.
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Cyril and Methodius were not successful at first, put persisted and later met success because they spoke Slavic, and even developed a Slavic alphabet, which is called Cyrillic.
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Czech and Slovak areas would remain in power for quite some time. They would be influential until 1200.
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The Magyars would eventually form political units in modern-day Hungary.
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Miesko was the first leader of the Polish state, expansion under Miesko lasted the rest of the century.
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Kiev and Constantinople had a great trading relationship, leading to Kiev’s converting to Christianity and Russian Orthodox. At this time, Kiev was the largest state in Europe.
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Byzantine wore the Bulgarian empire down and absorbed it and its leaders, making the empire of Byzantine the most powerful empire In the world.
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Yaroslav was the last of the great monarchs of Kiev, he issued legal code and built many churches during his reign.
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The pope and the patriarch of Byzantine got in a bitter quarrel and then split. There was now a division between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. These religions became almost completely divorced, and had differences in many ways.
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The great empire began to decline, partially by constant raids from people such as the Ottomans, the economy also started to plummet.
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The Pope cause Constantinople to be sacked, dealing a heavy blow to Byzantium and solidifying the schism division.
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The Tartars captured many cities in Russia, but only required payment. They stunted literature and trade, but were looser in regards to Christianity or aristocratics
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The might Byzantine empire reached its end. Islamic power in the East reached a new high.
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The Tartars were cleaned out of Russia and it could operate independently.
