Route from the Varangians to the Greeks

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:bus_route
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Trade_route_from_the_Varangians_to_the_Greeks gptkb:Varangian-Greek_route
gptkbp:connects	gptkb:Baltic_Sea gptkb:Black_Sea gptkb:Byzantine_Empire gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:Mongol_invasion_of_Rus' rise of alternative trade routes
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	facilitated the rise of Kievan Rus' linked Northern Europe and Byzantium spread Christianity to the Rus'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Route from the Varangians to the Greeks
gptkbp:mentionedIn	gptkb:Primary_Chronicle
gptkbp:operatesIn	9th to 11th centuries
gptkbp:passesThrough	gptkb:Constantinople gptkb:Kiev gptkb:Lake_Ladoga gptkb:Novgorod gptkb:Dnieper_River gptkb:Volga_River gptkb:Smolensk gptkb:Lake_Ilmen
gptkbp:primaryUse	gptkb:Vikings gptkb:Rus'_people gptkb:Varangians gptkb:Byzantines gptkb:Slavs
gptkbp:tradedOn	gptkb:jewelry gptkb:silk gptkb:sugar gptkb:wine silver furs spices slaves wax
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	tentative list (as part of Viking routes)
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:military trade cultural exchange
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Varangian_to_the_Greeks_route
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6