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Constantinople is prime location for all things trade. (Also named after Constantine)
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During Justinians reign he acomplished many things that lasted a long time, like establishing the Body of Civil Law (or Justinians law) which was in place until the 19th century along with other things.
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This would later lead to them finding the vikings and the start of the Kievan Rus
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He was the first Syrian leader and he reclaimed a lot of the near eastern territory that the empire earlier lost.
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This would later result in the Kievan Rus which was along Europes Fourth longest river. In the Kievan Rus the Slavic people were ruled by the vikings
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Another famous missonary known for his work in Slavic Lands
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Cyril is the most famous and successful missionary known for making his own alphabet.
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Due to people trying to force free peasants back into peasants status cursed revolts to spark.They remained “free” by paying landowners rent and working land.
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Basil the second continued what Justinian started by expanding the Byzantine empire. He conquered territory in the Eastern Asia Minor
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They converted mostly to appease the byzantine empire. (First church was made in the Kievan Rus
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Yaroslav was the leader who would oversee the golden ages of the Kievan Rus. He prompted education and codified the legal syste earning him the name of Yaroslav the wise
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Due to constant conflict and not enough expenses the Byzantine empire started to decline later leading to its fall
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Due to Keivs dependency on the Byzantine empire (and its decline) it brought the Kievan Rus with it. The Russians later took advantage of its weakness and sacked the city in 1169 and 1204
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During the invasion of Europe the Mongols captured Russia
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The Kiev was invaded by the mongols the most powerful group in Central Asia at the time. Due to how week the Kiev was the Mongols easily took over but then later left and the Kiev fell
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Another free peasant revolt caused by more people trying to force them back into a peasants. These “free” peasants were a main source of taxes and recruits for the government
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Russia was just starting to assert independence from the Tatars when it fell which caused the progress to backslide
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After the decline of the empire the Ottoman Turks later captured Constantine causing the empire to fall.
