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Russia
Events |
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The
Building of the Kremlin, 1156–1516 |
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Ivan IV Takes
a Wife, 1547 |
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Taking of Kazan,
1552 |
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Printing
of the First Book in Moscow, 1564 |
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Oprichnina,
1564 |
World Events |
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The Golden Horde,
1300s |
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Ottoman Capture
of Constantinople (Istanbul), 1453 |
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The Establishment
of the Safavid Dynasty, 1502 |
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The Protestant
Reformation, 1517 |
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The Jenkinson
Mission to West Asia, 1558 |
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Russia's Globalization:
A Key
Events marked are
specific to Muscovy/Russia's internal development.
Those marked are
important world historical or cultural events.
indicates
specific points of sociocultural or military engagement
between Muscovy/Russia and foreign powers or individuals.
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In the first quarter of the 16th century, Shah Ismail (r.
1501–24) established the first indigenous Persian state
since the 11th century. Throwing off centuries of domination
by Arab, Turkic, and Mongol rulers, Ismail established a Shiite
(as opposed to Sunni) Muslim state that rapidly expanded into
rival Ottoman and Arab territory, capturing Baghdad. This triggered
a response, and Ismail's armies were pushed back from the west
and east by numerically and, in the case of the Ottoman Turks,
technologically and organizationally superior forces. Seeking
ways to counter the force of rival neighbors, Ismail made diplomatic
contact with western and central European powers such as France,
the Holy Roman Empire, and Hungary. Like the Muscovite Tsardom,
the Safavids consolidated power and pushed against the boundaries
of their territory.
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