M1 l1 euro question - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

the Third Rome - This is the Russian doctrine that begain to gain currency after 1453. It essentially claimed that Moscow had become the new defender of true Christianity (and hence civilization) since the first two Romes, Rome and Constantinople, had fallen. The Golden Horde - The Mongol group that controlled southern Russia and much of the area north of the Caspian Sea. It also theoretically controlled Muscovy and demanded annual tribute until the reign of Ivan III. The tribute payments wer...