Which group were the major settlers of early russia
a. mongols and vikings
b. slaves and vikings
d. vikings and byzantines

B

Explanation:

Modern Russia is spread across vast regions and diverse cultures. Turkic tribes, Mongols, Finno-Ugric/Uralic peoples, The tribes of East Siberia... Slavs and Scandinavians were very recent compared to everyone else who inhabited Russia before them so none of these answers are exactly correct.. If we are talking about Russia as in the country, it would be Slaves and Vikings. Swedish Vikings raided Slavic lands and captured many slaves to sell. The Swedes, related to famous Ragnar Lothbrok, became the rulers of Eastern Slavic lands and became the first Tsars of Russia.

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after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.