Град Омуртаг и Тракия - пътни трасета и търговски връзки
The town of Omurtag and Thrace: roads and commercial contacts
Author(s): Miroslav ToshevSubject(s): History, Cultural history, Diplomatic history, Economic history, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Omurtag; Kotel; the Kotel Pass; trade routes; Russo-Turkish War
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the history of commercial contacts between Northern and Southern Bulgaria (Thrace) from antiquity to the present day, focusing on the trade routes between the towns of Omurtag and Kotel. The geographic location of the Kotel Pass in particular, which linked the two towns across the Balkan Mountains, made it an important trade route as well as a strategic military line of communication.
Journal: Епохи
- Issue Year: XIX/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 94-114
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Bulgarian