THE EASTERN ORTHODOX WORLD.

JUSTINIAN BECOMES BYZANTINE EMPEROR IN 527 A.D

• Constantinople has new leader to occupy the city.
• New architecture is built.
• New laws are made.

570 A.D-MUHAMMAD WAS BORN.

• Muhammad displayed impressive leadership skills in Medina.
• He joined his own people with Arabs and Jews of Medina as a single community.
• Was accepted as a political leader.
• Was a religious leader.
• Became a military leader in the hostilities between Mecca and Medina.

671 A.D-GREEK FIRE WAS INVENTED.

• Byzantines used these for native battles.
• Could continue burning while floating on water.
• Used commonly.
• Made battles easier chance to win.

661 A.D- ALI WAS ASSASINTED.

• Umayyads came to power.
• Muslim capital was moved to Damascus.
• Made controlling conquered territories easier.
• Umayyads abandoned the simple life of Caliphs.
• Gave rise to a fundamental division in the Muslim community.

RUSSIAN EMPIRE.

862 A.D-VIKING CHEIF RURIK FOUNDS NOVGOROD.

• New trades routes would so be open.
• Large medieval Russian city.

988 A.D-PRINCE VLADIMIR CHOOSES EASTERN CHRISTIANITY.

• Built a number of pagan temples.
• Renowned for his cruelty and treachery.
• Also spread Christianity.
• Sent envoys to examine the major religions.
• Opted for Orthodoxy because of its beaitufl worship.

1100'S-MOSCOW FOUNDED.

• Major political, economic, cultural city.
• Capital city.
• Most populous federal subject of Russia.
• One of the fastest growing tourist destinations.
• One of the worlds largest urban economies.

1242 A.D-KIEV FALLS TO THE MONGOLS.

• The mongols attacked and demolished kiev.
• "No eye remained to weep" a historian reported.
• All the fall of keiv, mongols rulled all southern russia.

1480 A.D-IVAN III REFUSES TO PAY MONGOL TRIBUTE.

• Russian and mongols arimes faced each other on either side.
• However, niether side wanted to fight .
• After a time, both armies turned around and marched home.
• The mongols were not the only conquering people to emerge from Central Asia.