Chapter 11 - Byzantines, Russians, and Turks Interact

Byzantium

________ faced persistent threats from foreign opponents from the beginning of its rise to power.

Princess Olga

________, a member of the Kievan nobility, visited Constantinople in 957 and officially converted to Christianity.

Pope Urban II

In 1095, ________ began the First Crusade.

Yaroslav

________ had committed what turned out to be a critical miscalculation throughout his reign.

Seljuk rulers

________ in Baghdad and its environs wisely courted the support of their newly conquered Persian subjects.

death of Yaroslav

The ________ in 1054 marked the beginning of the Kievan state's decline.