At this time the Italian maritime powers of Genoa and Venice established their commercial “emporia” on the Black Sea. 1280-1360) during which Mongol domination seemingly guaranteed security on the Eurasian commercial routes. The term Pax Mongolica indicates a period of time (c. Is the enrichment of historical geographic knowledge regarding the settlement network of theĬoastal Pontic region and the correlation of this information with communication networks Settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements,Ĭommunication networks and presence of a nodal point or port. The second set is related to the location of the Variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five distinct historical The first set of criteria is related to parameters and AnĪccompanying database was also constructed in order to classify the settlements according to Topography was created in order to describe and clarify the regional context. A cartographic representation of the historical Laterculus Veronensis), b) in the 5th century (source: Notitia Dignitatum) and c) in the 6thĬentury (source: the Synekdemos of Hierocles). Three historical cross sections have been attempted in order toĬlarify the administrative transformations of the region: a) in the 4th century (source: (Honorias, Paphlagonia, Helenopontos and Pontos Polemoniakos) in the early Byzantine

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