Vocab Flashcards
Golden Horde
Mongol armies that invaded Europe in 1237 and ruled Russia for over 2 centuries
Justinian
Byzantine emperor; made Justinian’s Code; used the law to unify the empire under his control
Kiev
Capital of medieval Russia and present day Ukraine
Balkan Peninsula
Triangular arm of land that juts from southeastern Europe into the Mediterranean
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan the Great’s grandson; had anger issues; killed 60,000 people; killed his own son; hit his son’s wife, killing the baby that she was pregnant with
Constantinople
Capital of the eastern Roman empire; capital of Byzantine and Ottoman empires; now called Istanbul
Patriarch
In the Byzantine and Roman empires, highest church official in a major city
Golden Bull 1222
Charter that strictly limited royal power in Hungary
Steppe
Sparse, dry, and treeless grassland
3rd region, the southern steppe
Region of medieval Russia served as a great highway for nomadic migration
Mongol Rule
Brought peace to the swath of land between China and Eastern Europe and modeled for later Russian rulers
Ivan the Great
Ruler of Russia; gained land for Russia; considered a good person who helped the country; brought many successes to Russia; recovered new territory; adopted court ritual; Ivan the Terrible’s grandpa
Roman Catholicism
900’s; West Slavs of Poland were influenced by missionaries spreading this religion
Hungary
Magyars who raided Europe from Asian steppes eventually settled here
Black Sea
Constantinople was in a key location on the strait that links this to the Mediterranean
