○○○ 0976 ⪢⪢
The Kievan Rus' is
divided between the 3 heir sons and the fratricidal war breaks out. (0977) Vladimir, the prince of Novgorad, flees to Scandinavia where he forms an army of mercenaries.
→ mercenary
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=7316
○○○ 1054 ⪢⪢
Yaroslav, who has many sons, fears a new fratricidal war after his death. He then decides to
divide the Kievan Rus' into several principalities that he shares between his sons in whom he has the most confidence.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=11870
○○○ 1054 ⪢⪢
This new rotating power-sharing agreement will be the root cause for several generations' numerous internal wars that will exhaust and
divide the Kievan Rus'.
#will_would
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=12942
○○○ 1202 ⪢⪢
At the same time, a fourth crusade, initially sent to the Holly Land, is diverted to Constantinople. The city is besieged and then pillaged.
The Byzantine Empire finds itself
divided and Kievan Russia loses an important ally.
→ divert, besiege, pillage
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=17650