To what extent did the religions, ethnicities, and languages of the Kenyan region change because of its exposure to other cultures
By elilohrbach
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During antiquity in Russia there was one main ethnic group, one main language and several ancient religious practices. The main ethnic group during Russia in antiquity were the *Slavs (a group of over 200 million). These slavs became the biggest group in Russia and they spoke the language of *Slavic which was the widest spoken language of Russia). The two main religions in Russia in antiquity is *Animism(belief that inanimate objects have souls) and *Polytheism(belief in many gods). -
Eastern Orthodox was introduced to the *Kievan Rus by Greek missionary in the 9th century. This impacted the countrys language and religion. In 863–869 *Saint Cyril and *Saint Methodius(Greek missionary's who invented the Cyrillic alphabet) translated parts of the Bible into the Old Church Slavonic language, which also helped spread the religion of Christianization of the Slavs. Later in the 10th century Prince Vladimir adopted christianity and it soon became the countrys official religion. -
Muslims started settling in Russia during the 7th century, To spread their religion, this Impacted the countries religion.When Dagestani people(*Autonomous republic of Dagestan in Russia) converted to Muslim after the *Arab-conquest(Muslim armies going north invading countries) in the 8th century.*Volga Bulgaria was one of the placed the Muslims invaded, and the Tatars (member of Turkish people living in Russia) of the *Khanate(rulers of Muslim countries) inherited believers from there. -
In total there are 196 different ethnic groups in Russia, one main language, and a few religious practices. Ethnic russians soon grew in popularity, as in 2010 81% of the population was *ethnic russian.
Many are *nomadic(members of a community without fixed habitation) or *semi nomadic, practice *animism(the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena).
Russian is the primary language of the majority of people in Russia.