FORMATION OF MEDIEVAL kARELIA
FORMATION OF MEDIEVAL
kARELIA
· WHAT WAS BEFORE MIDDLE AGES
· WHAT CHANGES OCCURRED WITH IT
HOW KARELIA LOOKED LIKE WHEN NEW
·
ERA DAWNED IN 16th CENTURY
GEOGRAPHY OF KARELIA
AND ITS RELEVANCE Click to edit Master text styles
Major changes in prehistoric times in Second level
Karelia Third level
Transgression of Ladoga
Birth of Vuoksi 3700 BCE Fourth level
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, Vyt...