FORMATION OF MEDIEVAL kARELIA
Birth of Neva 1300 BCE Fifth level
Land rise during entire period from Ice Age till
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
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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:
annaabi.ee 
