Shaping Eastern Europe

Section 9-3 pp. 294-297

Geography Shapes Eastern Europe

Baltic Sea

Black Sea

Balkan Peninsula

Holy Roman Empire

Byzantine Empire

Russian Empire

Ottoman Empire

Migrations Contribute to Diversity

• Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe and Balkans– West Slavs migrated to Poland, Czech Republic,

and Slovak Republic– South Slavs migrated to the Balkan Peninsula– Magyars migrated to Hungary – Other groups that migrated to Eastern Europe

included Huns, Vikings, and Jews

Migrations Contribute to Diversity

• Religious Diversity – Byzantine Christianity in Balkans – Roman Catholicism in Poland, Hungary, Czech

Republic, and west Balkans– Islam in the Balkans – Judaism in Poland• Found tolerance there • Economic and cultural contributions

Three Early Kingdoms Develop

• Poland Enjoys Greatness– Queen Jadwiga married Duke Wladyslaw Jagiello

of Lithuania to form a strong nation – Political power shifts from monarch to nobles • Vote of a single noble in the diet could veto a law

– Lack of a strong central government led to decline– King Jan Sobieski broke Ottoman siege of Vienna

Three Kingdoms Emerge

• Magyars Rule Hungary – Magyars: Warriors from Central Asia – Adopted Roman Catholic Christianity – Golden Bull of 1222: King signed charter

recognizing nobles’ rights – Weakened by Mongol invasion – Conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1526

Three Kingdoms Emerge

• Serbs Establish a Balkan Kingdom – Serbs descended from

South Slavs – Mostly practiced

Orthodox Christianity – Ruler Stefan Dusan

adopted Byzantine culture

– Conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1389

Stefan Dusan