Eastern European History: A Captivating Guide to the Stories of Nations, Empires, and the Golden Hor

Discover the Incredible History of Eastern Europe

Three manuscripts in one book:

1. History of Eastern Europe: A Captivating Guide to a Shortened History of Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Moldova, Belarus, and Romania
2. The Golden Horde: A Captivating Guide to the European Appanage of the Mongol Empire That Was Ruled by the Descendants of Genghis Khan
3. The Russian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Third-Largest Empire in History, Starting from Peter the Great to the Russian Revolution

In the first part of this book, you will learn about:

1. The Greek and Roman influence in Eastern Europe
2. The Migration Period, aka the "Barbarian Invasions"
3. Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire
4. The Mongol invasions
5. Christian Europe vs. the Ottoman Empire
6. The fall of Constantinople
7. The rise of Russia and its famous rulers, like Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great
8. The path to World War I and World War II
9. The Jewish experience in Eastern Europe
10. The Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
11. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism
12. The conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo

In the second part of this book, you will learn about:

1. Why the Mongols executed the last Abbasid caliph by trampling him to death.
2. The terror tactics of the Mongols, including the massacre of entire cities.
3. Why European horses starved on the steppe while Mongol ponies thrived.
4. The diverse trade items that traveled the Silk Road
5. How medieval merchants navigated bureaucracy by bribing customs officials in Crimea.

In the third part of this book, you will learn about:

1. How the Russian Empire was founded
2. About the most important rulers of the Russian Empire
3. Of the major wars fought on behalf of Imperial Russia
4. About the revolutions that rocked the empire
5. And much more!