1795-1914
Prelude: Odessa Stairs, Prince Potemkin, Crimes, and Putin
Introduction: The Partition of Poland-Lithuania
Russian Ukraine: A sense of Ukrainian nationalism survives despite Russification
The Jewish Pale of Settlement
Austrian Ukraine / Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria: 1848 Revolution in Hungary; The Polish-Ukrainian divide never resolved by Vienna
Next Week: The old European Order blown apart in the First World War but Ukrainian hopes dashed
Lockdown Lecture Mon 29 April Hollywood Blockbuster Opening! Who were the Ottomans? Gradual creation of an Euro-Asian Empire The great Prize of Constantinople is seized in 1453 Mehmet II: A Renaissanc
The Rise and Fall of The Byzantine Empire Founding of Constantinople on site of older Byzantium Fall of Western Roman Empire, Survival of Eastern Empire (Byzantine) Christianity later divides between
From the The Rise of Islam to the Crusading Centuries The Pre Islamic Arabs Origins-Language-Tribal Societies- Attitude of Byzantines and Persians- Jewish contact in Book of Nehemiah Mohammed Early L