Varangians to the Greeks

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Varangians_to_the_Greeks

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:Byzantine_Empire gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:Mongol_invasions 13th century rise of alternative trade routes
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	contributed to the rise of Kievan Rus' helped establish diplomatic relations between Rus' and Byzantium enabled the spread of Christianity to the Rus' facilitated cultural exchange between Scandinavia, Kievan Rus', and Byzantium
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Varangians to the Greeks
gptkbp:mainRiver	gptkb:Dnieper_River gptkb:Dniester_River gptkb:Bug_River gptkb:Volkhov_River gptkb:Lovat_River Dvina River
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Constantinople gptkb:Kiev gptkb:Tmutarakan gptkb:Novgorod gptkb:Chernihiv gptkb:Ladoga gptkb:Polotsk gptkb:Smolensk gptkb:Vyshhorod gptkb:Oleshky
gptkbp:mentionedIn	gptkb:Primary_Chronicle
gptkbp:period	10th century 12th century 11th century 9th century
gptkbp:primaryUse	gptkb:Greeks gptkb:Khazars gptkb:Finnic_peoples gptkb:Varangians gptkb:Pechenegs gptkb:Volga_Bulgars gptkb:Slavs gptkb:Rus'
gptkbp:purpose	trade
gptkbp:tradedOn	gptkb:glass gptkb:jewelry gptkb:silk gptkb:sugar gptkb:wine silver furs spices slaves weapons wax
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kievan_Rus'_(early_period)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6