HIST 3380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Polish Question, Vistula, Sarmatians
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Ap/hist3380 b - eastern europe, 1772 to 1918 (fall 2016-2017) Lecture 2 september 16/16 map quiz on post-napoleonic europe posted in advance. How did massive state of pol-loth stop existing. Empires becomes massive estates by swallowing other lands and smaller lands still hold small national identity. Smaller kingdoms preserve sense of identity which remerges. Ottoman empire mostly holds north africa and middle east. Ottomans enter balkans (mountains) in 14th century. Crown victory in battle of kosovo polje in 1839. Massive defeat for serbs but remembered as national holiday provides motivation for serbian nationhood (moment as world figure struggling to define independence) Serbs have myth that prince chose to die for moral reasons. Late 15th century, ottomans capture greece and bulgaria. Capital of byzantine empire taken by ottomans (constantinople, formerly. Wars between lands of ottoman empire and places that ad been independent (area of romania) Vlad the impaler (prince of wallachia romanian area) inspired the dracula tale.
