perienced. For example, Byzantine influence shapes the development of the visual arts, of architecture, and social institution such as alms houses, schools, and monasteries. The Cyrillic alphabet, a modified Greek alphabet created by Byzantine missionaries to translate the Scriptures and church liturgy into the Slavic language, gave impetus to the creation of a written history, literature, and law.(6)
             The economy of the Kievan state was based on large-scale agriculture and on extensive trade with Byzantium, Asia, and Scandinavia. Culture.(5) Fundamental role of agriculture in Kievan economy determined the social character of the prince and his druzhina and indeed
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