MILITARY AND POLITICAL FACTORS AND THE GRECO-BARBARIAN TRADE: ISSUES OF COMPARING DATA FROM WRITTEN AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE KUBAN REGION AND THE INTERFLUVE OF THE VOLGA AND THE URAL)
Journal: Tula Scientific Bulletin History Linguistics
Year: 2025

The aim of the study is to characterize the issues of comparing written and archaeological sources in studying the impact of military and political factors on the Greco-Barbarian trade using the example of the Kuban region and the interfluve of the Volga and the Ural as the near and far barbarian periphery of the ancient world, respectively. Four groups of issues are identified and characterized. The first group is associated with the reflection of information on the dynamics of trade and the dy