where are the crossroads of the world?of trade,ideas etc.
and has it changed?
where was it before?
if you think that a crossroads exist.
thanks for your posts.
where are the crossroads of the world?of trade,ideas etc.
and has it changed?
where was it before?
if you think that a crossroads exist.
thanks for your posts.
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Originally Posted by Tomi says
Constantinople was the biggest crossroad in medieval times.... It was a cultural, religios and economic centre.... That's why the Turks wanted it so much... And also, the Silk Road was passing through Constantinople....
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the tarim basin in central asia was for the longest time the crossroads between iran, china and the steppe nomads.
indeed
The route that reaches Constantinople actually ends thereOriginally Posted by edyzmedieval
Then, the trading fleets of the Mediterranean transport the goods further West and South, etc.
You can consider the Levant as the crossroads of the ancient world pre-Rome also, being the place where Egyptian, Greek (and all the other Aegean-ers), and Mesopotamian-Persian cultures meet - and home to the seafaring Phoenicians.
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