Varangian to the Greeks route

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:bus_route
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Route_from_the_Varangians_to_the_Greeks gptkb:Trade_route_from_the_Varangians_to_the_Greeks
gptkbp:connects	gptkb:Baltic_Sea gptkb:Black_Sea
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:Mongol_invasions rise of other trade routes
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	facilitated cultural exchange helped formation of Kievan Rus' linked Scandinavia and Byzantium
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Varangian to the Greeks route
gptkbp:mainPeriod	9th to 11th centuries
gptkbp:mentionedIn	gptkb:Primary_Chronicle
gptkbp:passesThrough	gptkb:Constantinople gptkb:Kiev gptkb:Lake_Ladoga gptkb:Novgorod gptkb:Dnieper_River gptkb:Volga_River
gptkbp:purpose	trade
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Byzantine_Empire gptkb:Eastern_Europe gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Silk_Road gptkb:Volga_trade_route
gptkbp:tradedOn	gptkb:silk gptkb:sugar gptkb:wine silver furs spices slaves wax
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Byzantine_Empire gptkb:Varangians gptkb:Rus'
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kievan_Rus'
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5