On the northern fringes of the Black Sea temperatures on land and sea in winter are similar to the southern Baltic. The main difference between these two areas is that precipitation is greater around the Baltic making it greener. This would have been attractive to Bronze Age dairy farmers living by the Black Sea where thereContinue reading “The Inland Seas of Middle World”
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The Old World
By the old world I am referring to the famous Ptolemy map which depicts the world stretching from the British Isles across to Sri Lanka. This was the world of the Iron Age and by the height of the Roman Empire was an integrated economic entity. During the Bronze Age though it was the areaContinue reading “The Old World”
The Geography of Eastern Europe.
Scandinavia in prehistory was mostly a carpet of northern forest interspersed by sheets of water with a climate of long winters and short summers. The nine worlds of Norse mythology however are widely diverse with lands that are hugely contrasting yet can be close to one another. This would suggest that this world was inspiredContinue reading “The Geography of Eastern Europe.”
Yggdrasil and Middle World 