Syncretism of culture of the North Black Sea area in the XIII-XV centuries in the context of globalization

Abstract

The significant growth of research in the field of ethnology of the Eurasian societies of the Middle Ages and the accumulation of historical and archaeological information allows us to look at the processes of ethno cultural development of the Old World in the context of globalization. In this aspect, an important role have some regions located in the direction of land and water trade ways and seacoasts, one of which is the North Black Sea area. From ancient times, this region is characterized by the movement of mass populations, various cultures and ethnical groups, the transmission of goods and ideas, the inclusive role in which belongs to the system of land and water trade ways. From the first steps of globalization, the society undergoes through some stages. One of its characteristic signs was the formation in the XIII-XV centuries of the syncretic culture on the vast area of Eurasia, part of which was the North Black Sea area.