Re: [tied] The "lost" Slavic homeland

george knysh wrote:

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

Is not a direction I look for but does it has soemthing to do with the
russain state? Just curious.

> ******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.******

As you observe, we are now far away from concrete facts and we are just
speculating for explaining an another speculation (the one of the
migration).

Alex