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i.
In 987, nobles chose Hugh Capet as the king, beginning the Capetian
dynasty.
F.
G.
ii.
King Philip II Augustus (1180-1223) grew French monarchy by
waging war against England, thus regaining territories, and expanding income. By 1300, France
was the largest monarchy.
e. The Saxon (Germany) king, Otto I was crowned empoeror of the Romans in 962, b/c he
helped the pope.
i.
As leaders of Germany and Italy, Kings Frederick I and II tried to
build a new type of empire.
ii.
They wanted to create a Holy Roman Empire, but the spent a lot of
time fighting, so the monarchy in Germany was weakened by the power of nobles in Germany.
f. Eastern Slavic people settled in present day Ukraine and Russia, but by the 8th cen,
Swedish Vikings dominated the natives. Viking rulers were called the Rus.
i.
A viking leader, Oleg, created the Rus state, the principality of Kiev.
Successors expanded.
1. Civil war brought an end to the 1st russian state
in 1169 and in the 13th cen, the Mongols conquered Russia and required tributes from
Russian Princes.
2. Alexander Nevsky, prince of Novgorod, was
awarded title of grand-prince by Mongols.
The Byzantine Empire
a. Justinian became emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in 527, he wanted to restore the
Roman Empire, and in 552 he seemed to have achieved his goals, but in 565, the Lombards conquered Italy.
i.
Justinian created the simple law code, The Body of Civil Law.
b. Islam challenged the Eastern Roman Empire when the E.R.E. was defeated at Yarmuk in
636
i.
By the 8th cen, the smaller empire was called the Byzantine empire,
which lasted until 1453
ii.
Byzantium was a Greek and Christian state. The church was called
the Eastern Orthodox Church.
c. The Macedonians ruled from 867 to 1081, and by 1025 the empire was the largest since
the 7th cen.
i.
The Seljuk Turks defeated Byzantine forces in 1071.
The Crusades
a. During the 11th-13th centuries, Euro Christians did military expeditions called the
Crusades. These arose when Alexius I asked for help against the Muslim Seljuk Turks.
i.
Pope Urban II rallied warriors to liberate Jerusalem and the Holy
Land from the Muslims.
b. The 1st Crusade in June 1099 was the only successful one and the captured Jerusalem,
and organized 4 crusader states, which relied on goods from Italy.
i.
In 1187, Jerusalem fell to Muslims under Saladin.