In your own view, what would a military Russia/England alliance of the 16th century bring to history?
Posted on 2009 under History | 1 Comment20 Jan
Robert V asked:
Rome, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Turks, or Persia? 0.o
Rome, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Turks, or Persia? 0.o
Also, another name for the Mongol Empire in Russia is “Khanate of the Golden Horde”, correct?
Thanks.
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by Spellbound (bigredan *JPA), on March 3 2009 @ 12:06 am
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Russia, being at the crossroads of East and West was influenced by the Vikings – the first Tsars, the Rurik dynasty were Vikings, and the word Rus means viking.
Byzantium, Eastern Orthodoxy became the national religion, directly influenced by Byzantium – and the arts were directly influenced by the Orthodox Church.
The Ottomans influenced the Russians in terms of their expansion – the Russians and they wanted to expand around the shores of the Black Sea.
Persia – not much influence, although it was influential on many of the subject Muslim peoples of the Russian Empire.
The Mongols – the Golden Horde was the Khanate that controlled much of the land from the Urals to the Volga (and a fair bit more) and the Tsars owed them tribute – so they were Suzerain vassals of the Khan.
Part of the Mongol Empire in Russia was known as the Golden Horde (A???? ??? – Altan Ord in Mongolian), but it eventually splintered into were other Khanates – the Khanate of Kazan’, the Khanate of Astrakhan and the Khanate of Crimea and several others.