HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - East-Central Europe, Lebensraum, Breadbasket
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Note: some terms may not be spelled correctly. Session 2 september 13, 2012 his251. Carpathian mountains are a major feature and helps to divide the area. Has a breadbasket area kind of around present day ukraine, very fertile. Certain flat areas made it easier for armies to march through or invade. When christianity was introduced, it allowed for larger centralized kingdoms of monarch rule (by divine right). Differences between central, east, and east central europe. 4 terms for the region: settlement in the east or osteidlung, middle europe mittleleuropa prominent in the 19th century and used during ww1, pushing into the east drangnachosten also a ww1, ww2 term. Refers to germany"s need to colonize the east for its resources: lebensraum idea to depopulate the area or kill off the non-germans and take control. Central europe is more so orientated toward germany. There was an idea or concept that the slavs should serve germany.
