Tobias Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 (edited) Ah I see. And I am guessing that a quick jump by ship from Constantinople to some port in the eastern Black Sea/Cholchis area would not help at all? It's this corridor I am curious about. After all Trebizund seemed to be able to ike out a decent living in its area, I assumed it had something to do with trade along the Black Sea. Again, the land on that side of the Black Sea was not necessarily safe (or charted), and another fact is that for much of the time, the Byzantines actually controlled quite a large amount of the Eastern Black Sea coast (Either directly or through client states). The best course to take was through the Byzantine's land - via the Silk Road. If you took precious goods through uncharted and potentially hostile lands, where you weren't necessarily likely to meet protective authorities such as the Byzantine Army, that would seem to me to put the goods at a bit of unnecessary risk. I hope i'm answering your question properly Favonius, and not just making it worse for you Edited January 18, 2006 by Tobias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 I hope i'm answering your question properly Favonius, and not just making it worse for you You did a great job thanks! I guess I had some serious misconceptions about trade in the old days. Probably those computer games I play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I know what you mean; i used to base a lot of historical discussion with my history teacher on my age of empires games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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