FORMATION OF MEDIEVAL kARELIA
today, leading most notably to changes in
Vuoksi river's flow
Crossroads of trading routes
White Sea/Arctic Ocean
Upper Volga / Caspian basin
Baltic Sea basin
Dnepr / Black Sea basin
Daugava
Waterways:
Gulf of Finland, Ladoga, Onega, White Sea,
Neva, Vuoksi, Svir, Volkhov, Vytegra,
Uiku/Vyg. Network of waterways like Saimaa
in present day Finland
ARCHAELOGY
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Very few findings 300700 CE
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Development of agriculture from Second level
6th/7th Century onwards with Third level
new crops and techniques, which Fourth level
enabled considerable population Fifth level
growth
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After 750 CE findings increase
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Typical feature in findings:
Mixture of cultural influences
from East, West and South but
also local features common.