SOCIO-ECONOMIC ROLE OF TRANSPORT IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Abstract
As a result of invasions of «barbarian» tribes that have affected the majority of ancient civilizations, movement of goods and people along many routes in the Middle Ages (late V to XV) has decreased dramatically or even has been interrupted. Naturalization of economy occurred primarily in Western Europe, exchange of goods fell sharply. At the same time the geography of communication lines gradually expanded and technical innovations appeared that improved reliability, speed and efficiency of transportation. Thanks to this, nations that used to be on the periphery of the civilized world moved to a broad historical arena, economic, cultural, mental prerequisites were accumulated for further rapid development of commercial capitalism in Europe.
About the Author
D. A. Macheret
Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT), Moscow
Russian Federation
D. Sc. (Economics), professor, head of the department of economics of construction business and property management
Russian Federation
D. Sc. (Economics), professor, head of the department of economics of construction business and property management
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