Global 10.3 Shaping Eastern Europe

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 * Eastern Europe has been home to many different ethnic groups over the years.
 * Large groups of Jewish people were expelled from their homelands thanks to Antisemitism (a hatred for Jewish people) during the Crusades and during the Bubonic plague. Many of these Jewish people pushed east and settled in Russia and its outskirts.
 * The many groups of people in Eastern Europe were constantly vying for control of their territory. Nations like Poland, Hungary, and Serbia, would rise to power, only to later be swallowed up by other large empires.
 * Migration, conquest, and political marriages created a tangled web of overlapping claims to territory in Eastern Europe.
 * The region became a center for violence and unrest, ultimately playing a major role in the start of both World Wars and many other conflicts.