1. Section 3 Shaping Eastern Europe
Chapter 9
Section 3
Shaping Eastern Europe

2. Geography Migrations Three Early Kingdoms
Jigsaw
Geography
Migrations
Three Early Kingdoms

3. Geography Eastern Europe Contains mountainous Balkan peninsula
Between Central Europe (Germany) and Russia
Contains mountainous Balkan peninsula
European plain link to Steppe region
Rivers
Allowed for trading and cultural influences
Region impacted by Byzantine empire, Holy Roman Empire, and Russia

4. Migrations Ease of migration allows for cultural diversity
Slavs occupied the Balkans, Poland, Czech.
Asian people migrated as well (Huns, Magyars, etc.)
Religious influences
Catholic Christianity
Orthodox Christianity
Islam
Eastern Europe refuge for Jews fleeing persecution especially in Poland
Jew’s liberties (freedoms) protected here
Led to cultural and economic expansion in Poland

5. Three Early Kingdoms Balkan Kingdom Poland Hungary
Religion > Roman Catholicism
Largest state in Europe
Power in the hands of nobles (no strong central govt.)
Nobles met in a diet (assembly)
Would later disappear from map
Hungary
Magyars settled here
Adopted Roman Catholicism
Limited royal power
Invaders cause problems
Mongols
Turks
Balkan Kingdom
Slavs migrated here
Ancestors to the Serbs
Accepted Orthodox Christianity
Laws based on Justinian’s Code
Invasion by Turks