Question

which group invaded the slavic homeland beginning in the ninth century?

persians

tatars

varangians

mongols

Explanation:

1. Persians focused their expansion in the Middle East and Central Asia, not Eastern Europe Slavic lands in the 9th century.
2. The Tatars (Mongol-Tatar) invasions of Slavic territories began in the 13th century, not the 9th century.
3. Varangians (Viking Rus) began moving into the Slavic river basins of Eastern Europe starting in the late 9th century, establishing control over key trade routes and founding the Kievan Rus state.
4. Mongol invasions of the Slavic homeland occurred in the 13th century, over 300 years later.

Answer:

C. Varangians