Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River in 1552, which was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople. This conquest led to Moscow's control over the river and provided a direct trade route with the Middle East, tr…
In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow's control over the river. This conquest pro…
In Expansion and Global Interaction: 1200-1700 , David Ringrose, an established historian of Spain and its empire, explores the dynamism that appears everywhere in the world after 1200 and shows how a series of autonomous societies became interdependent on a global scale by 1700…
