HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Musa I Of Mali, Silk Road, Great Zimbabwe
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Ivan the great, ivan the terrible, rise of moscow: ivan the great. Got rid of mongol control and began unification and centralization of. Formed the autocracy (political power held by single ruler) form of government. He gained power by giving the boyars less power and called himself. Organized oprichniki (they would kill boyars opposed to the czar) He was succeeded by michael romanov (he was voted on), and their rule lasted until 1917: rise of moscow. During the mongol period, moscow rose in power due to being near various trade routes. Also, the russian orthodox church said moscow was the capital. Geography of africa, major geographic features (sahara, sahel, etc. : most populated climate zone is the savannah (grasslands) sahel, there was movement due to the hot desert climate of the sahara. West african trading kingdoms of ghana, songhai, mali: ghana (800 1050) Ghana was integral in gold and salt trade.
