OCR GCSE History B · J411
Paper 3
Revise: Viking (Rus) in RussiaFrom around 750, Scandinavians travelled across the Baltic and into the river systems of eastern Europe. These Vikings became associated with the name Rus; Varangians was another name used for Scandinavians active in this region. Their expansion was not simply a story of raiding.
- Revise: Interaction with Arab world
People of mainly Scandinavian origin who traded and settled in eastern Europe during the Viking Age.
- Revise: Relations with Constantinople
A name initially associated with Scandinavian groups in eastern Europe, which came to describe the increasingly mixed society and state centred on Kyiv.