Kingdom of Samo; Great Moravia 473 Four Slavonic groups 473-474 Polabic group; Sorabi, Leuticii, Obotrites; their relations to the Empire 474-475 Early conquest of the Sorabi; marks of Meissen and Lusatia; long resistance of the Leuticians; takings of Branibor; mark of Brandenburg 475-476 Mark of the Billungs; kingdom of Sclavinia; house of Mecklenburg; relations to Denmark 476 Bohemia and Moravia; their relations to Poland, Hungary, and Germany 477 The Polish kingdom; its relations to Germany; rivalry of Poland and Russia 478 Lechs or Poles; their various tribes 478 Beginning of the Polish state; its conversion and relations to the Empire 479 Conquests of Boleslaf; union of the Northern Chrobatia with Poland 479 The Polish state survives, though divided 479-480 Relations of Russia to the Eastern Church and Empire; Russia created by the Scandinavian settlement; origin of the name 480 First centre at Novgorod; Russian advance; union of the Eastern Slaves 481 Second centre at Kief; the princes become Slavonic; attacks on Constantinople and Cherson 481-482 Conquests on the Caspian; isolation of Russia; Russian lands west of Dnieper 482 Russian principalities; supremacy of Kief 482 Supremacy of the northern Vladimir; commonwealths of Novgorod and Pskof; various principalities; kingdom of Halicz or Galicia 483 The Cuman power; Mongol invasion; Russia tributary to the Mongols; Russia represented by Novgorod 483-484 The earlier races; Finns in Livland and Esthland 484 The Lettic nations; Lithuania; Prussia 484 Survey in the twelfth century 485 § 3. _German Dominion on the Baltic._ Time of Teutonic conquest on the Baltic; comparison of German and Scandinavian influence; German influence the stronger 485-486 Beginning of Swedish conquest in Finland; German conquest in Livland; its effect on Lithuania and Russia; the Military orders 487 Polish gains and losses 487 Character of the _Hansa_ 487