Chapter 10 Kievan Russia 900 1200 Vladimir I

Chapter 10 Kievan Russia 900 -1200

Vladimir I 980 • He was a former ruler of Novgorod and returned from exile to Kiev. • Vladimir became the grand prince of this area of Russia.

Vladimir of Kiev Russia

Vladimir wanted to use religion to strengthen the Kiev’s relations with surrounding territories. • He and his advisers • They rejected Judaism rejected Islam because why would because of its strict the powerful God let ban on alcohol. (Think the ancient Jewish about the future of kingdom be vodka and destroyed? champagne)

Orthodox Christianity was chosen? • Why was this religion chosen? • This is a very interesting, but in Mrs. Albro’s opinion, crazy reason to pick a national religion. “After visiting Byzantine churches…we know not whether we were in heaven or on earth. • The churches were of magnificent beauty, and “God dwells there among men, and their service is finer than the ceremonies of other nations. ”

Note back ground in Red Square. Russia

Western Europe Revives 1000 -1200 • Between 1000 -1200 western Europe slowly emerged from nearly seven centuries of hand to mouth living. What does that mean? • Subsistence economy-an economy in which most people who work the land could meet only their basic needs for food, clothing and shelter.

Why Western Europe prospered Population growth New technologies Self-governing cities