Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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With the Byzantine Empire covered, let's move on to some of its neighbors. Kievan Rus was the precursor to what is now Russia and Ukraine. What kinds of people founded this state and how big did it get?

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