To trace the path Baltic to the Black Sea, it is necessary to understand where these roads could lead who the Balts, but from the name of these people understand that they have a direct relation to the Baltic Sea.Obviously, it is the collective name in ancient times belonged to the ethnic groups inhabiting the shores of this body of water."Balta.People Amber Sea "- is the name of a book on the history of these peoples.Under this "desk" a term subject to dozens of nations - Prussia estii, golyadi, Cours, Samogitians and others.
Way existed even before Rurik
Black Sea relating to the basin of the Atlantic Ocean, through the Bosporus and Dardanelles connected the Mediterranean, which, in turn, is connected with the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.It can be concluded that the path laid down by the sea, join together a number of countries, and to penetrate the India people of the north are shorter road than the envelope of Europe from the west.Since ancient times, it is called an inhospitable sea, Pont Aksinsky.The name was derived from the difficulty of navigation and sharp hostility tribes inhabiting the shore of the pond.Nevertheless, the astronauts reach their goals, and Hercules successfully performed his feats.
Way Baltic to the Black Sea have been laid for a long time, because the trade was the main component in the development of ancient states.Of course, the Balts could fall into the Black Sea from the Mediterranean.But it is easier, faster and cheaper to the shores of Pontus could be reached on the rivers and land, sea and then sneak into the Byzantine Empire and beyond.
One of these roads was "from the Vikings to the Greeks."There are other ways to partially pass on the rivers of Europe, partly on land.Then, on the Black or Mediterranean seas are the North-South.Merchants found the best way for popular products.From the north carried furs, amber, marine ropes articles of ivory, iron, raw and more.From the Byzantine Empire, which had the highest level of development, carried books and icons, silk, wine and spices."Golden Age" Baltic accounted for II-V century AD.At the very beginning of his heyday Balts products resold their neighborhood Germanic tribes who sent them (mainly amber) further south.The road was called - amber.
from the Baltic to the Mediterranean
Way Baltic to the Black Sea were primarily in Byzantium or in the colony on the northern coast of the Black Sea and then through the straits - in Rome and Greece.Alternatively, the water-land routes to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and then through the Bosporus to the Black.
most famous amber roads leading to the Mediterranean, were such as water and land way from the mouth of the Elbe along the German Weser with turning to the west, that near modern Paderborn, to the Rhine, on which traveled to Basel.Here again began onshore section to the banks of the Rhone, in which the goods fall into the Mediterranean Sea.
second popular way was coming out of the Gdansk bay.Further along the river Vistula, Warta, Morava to the Danube to Vienna, then overland to the coast of the Adriatic.These ancient amber traffic is facilitated delivery of the sun stone in many countries around the world since prehistoric times.Amber was found in the pyramids of Egypt and ancient Greek tombs.
Amber path
Later, when the path Baltic to the Black Sea have been established (tamed the warlike tribes, reached an agreement on the safety of goods), Steel products delivered faster.It should be noted that the very Balts (Prussians in the first place, because it is the richest tribe inhabited the shores of the Baltic Sea amber) solar stone was quarried and processed - they collected gifts thrown up by waves.Moreover, they are surprised by the high cost of amber, which is the distance from the Baltic valued higher and higher.In ancient times, the sun stone processing center was the city of Aquileia in ancient Rome.Using amber routes leading to the shores of the Mediterranean, merchants were forced to get to Constantinople through the straits.In general, the latest way to connect the Baltic with the Black Sea coast was a lot.
Where is the water, where the portage
Way Baltic to the Black Sea have been established so that one of the ancient historians wrongly asserted that the sea linked Strait.Of all the ways there are three most popular.
first was along the Vistula, Sana, the Dnieper.The second - along the Neman and tributaries of the Dnieper, and it is something called "from the Vikings to the Greeks."The third line was built and mastered in III-V centuries along the Neva River and the Dnieper.It should be noted that they were all water-land, that is, some parts of the route were overcome any portage (by cash logs dragged the vessel), or goods were shifted to land delivery systems.
later were dug channels in place necks.All paths that led from the Baltic to the Black Sea, at first led to the Dnieper River, then, bypassing the dangerous Dnieper rapids in Pont Aksinsky.Later, many of the goods delivered to the north of these roads, but initially most of the cargo was amber, and so they were dubbed amber.
Further, using the sea routes of the Black Sea, the goods were delivered to Byzantium, the capital of which is located on the shore of the sea, or based in the ancient Greeks colonies are found mainly on the northern shore of the Black Sea.The fact that, despite the dangers of the road linking the Black Sea with the Mediterranean, have been mastered since ancient times, including narrate legends and myths of ancient Greece.
