According to the biblical book of Genesis, Abraham left Ur, in Mesopotamia, because God called him to found a new nation in an undesignated land that he later learned was Canaan. He obeyed unquestioningly the commands of God, from whom he received repeated promises and a covenant that his “seed” would inherit the land.
Ivan the terrible, or Ivan IV, was the first tsar of Russia. During his reign he gained lots of land through creating a centrally controlled government
