Vocabulary Training. 8. Read the following words and word combinations:

8. Read the following words and word combinations:

AD (Anno Domini) – от Рождества Христова

Emerge – появляться

Byzantine Empire – Византийская империя

Ultimately – в конце концов

Principality – княжество

cultural and political legacy – культурное и политическое наследие

annexation – аннексия (присоединение)

successor state – государство-правопреемник

Grand Duchy of Moscow – Великое княжество Московское

9. Read the following words and expressions and guess their meaning:

nation's history, a noble Viking warrior class, Byzantine Empire, many small feudal states, reunification process, independence struggle

10. Scan the text quickly and find the English equivalents of the following words and word expressions:

восточные славяне, различимая группа, государство-правопреемник, посредст-вом завоеваний, простираясь от.