▁the ▁host ile ▁Sel j uk ▁Tur ks . ▁R ely ing ▁on ▁a ▁powerful ▁military ▁él ite , ▁T amar ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁build ▁on ▁the ▁success es ▁of ▁her ▁prede cess ors ▁to ▁cons olid ate ▁an ▁emp ire ▁which ▁domin ated ▁vast ▁lands ▁sp anning ▁from ▁present - day ▁southern ▁Russia ▁on ▁the ▁Black ▁Sea ▁to ▁the ▁C asp ian ▁Sea . ▁Georgia ▁remained ▁a ▁leading ▁regional ▁power ▁until ▁its ▁collapse ▁under ▁the ▁Mong ol ▁attacks ▁within ▁two ▁dec ades ▁after ▁T amar ' s ▁death . ▁ ▁Hung ary ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁High ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Hung ary ▁( f ounded ▁in ▁ 1 0 0 0 ), ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁medieval ▁states ▁in ▁central ▁Europe ▁and ▁Western ▁Europe . ▁King ▁Saint ▁Stephen ▁I ▁of ▁Hung ary ▁introduced ▁Christian ity ▁to ▁the ▁region ; ▁he ▁was ▁remembered ▁by ▁the ▁contemporary ▁chron ic lers ▁as ▁a ▁very ▁religious ▁monarch , ▁with ▁wide ▁knowledge ▁in ▁Latin ▁grammar , ▁strict ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁people ▁but ▁kind ▁to ▁the ▁foreign ers . ▁He ▁er adic ated ▁the ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁the ▁trib al ▁organisation ▁in ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁forced ▁the ▁people ▁to ▁sed ent ar ize ▁and ▁adopt ▁the ▁Christian ▁religion , ▁eth ics , ▁way ▁of ▁life ▁and ▁founded ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁medieval ▁state , ▁organ ising ▁it ▁polit ically ▁in ▁count ies ▁using ▁the ▁German ic ▁system ▁as ▁a ▁model . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁monarch s ▁usually ▁kept ▁a ▁close ▁relationship ▁with ▁Rome