Re: [tied] The "lost" Slavic homeland

--- alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> I meant it a bit different. In my opinion the Slavs
> have been looking
> for land to settle. And they settled there where
> they could find this
> land. Now this expansion as you see, it happened
> just one time. We
> cannot speak anymore about "expansion" begining with
> the time where we
> have records. Frankly, the expansion of the Slavs
> took place in the time
> of V-X century,

*****GK: The Eastern Slavs continued to "expand" well
beyond the 10th c.*****

Take a look, in the

> EEast of Europe,
> beside Ukraine Romania is the biggest country and
> has the biggest
> population. I take Moldavia too into acount here. We
> will speak about a
> theritory which is almost so big as Germany but with
> t a population of
> 30 Mio people. Comparatively, Germany has 80 Mio.
> Refering to the area
> they live, Bulgarians, Serbians, Romanians, they
> have big countries
> which are underpopulated. It is not to assume they
> have been more people
> in teh past. Thus, the "expansion" because of
> overpopulation becomes
> questionable or fail to be factor.

******GK: I hope you realize that "overpopulation" is
a very relative concept which means different things
at different times, and is to be understood in the
context of a given historical economic system. For
instance, given the land distribution system in place
in the late 19th century, Galicia (and Transcarpathia)
were "overpopulated", which led to mass transatlantic
migrations... The 5th and 6th centuries had their
"limits" as well, which explain the "expansion" given
an opportunity. Transhumance shepherding likely had
such "limits" also in the 11th-14th centuries which
might explain a northward movement, given the
opportunity.******

It remains just

> the factors of danger
> and economy.

*****GK: Not really. Your mathematics don't hold I'm
afraid.*****

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