Shaping Eastern Europe Chapter 9 Section 3
Geography Shapes Eastern Europe Balkan Peninsula Mountains region Triangular land extending to Mediterranean Danube River and Vistula River Goods and cultural influences traveled these rivers
Migration Contributes to Diversity Ethnic Group Group of people who share same language and cultural heritage Slavs West Slavs (present day Poland) South Slavs (Balkans)
Christians and Muslims Influence Region Byzantine missionaries: Eastern Orthodox Christianity through Balkans
German knights and missionaries: Roman Catholic Christianity to: Poland Hungary Czech Western Balkans
Jewish expulsions and migrations England, France, and Spain expelled Jews because: Black death Crusades 1262 Prince Boleslaw of Cracow protects Jews Polish toleration for 500 years
Three Early Kingdoms Develop Poland Hungary (Magyars) Balkan Kingdom
Poland Roman Catholicism Queen Jadwiga and Duke Wladyslaw married 1368 Poland-Lithuania largest in Europe Political power: monarchs to nobles Diet: assembly Single noble vote block passage of laws
Hungary (Magyars) Roman Catholicism Hungarian King sings: Golden Bull of 1222 Similar to Magna Carta Limits royal power Mongols overran Hungary 1241
Serbs in the Balkan Kingdom Orthodox Christianity Stefan Dusan (king) Ottoman Turks overran in 1389 Culture similar to Byzantine Empire