title: Transport Technologies and Infrastructure: 1800 until World War I
abstract: Transport routes,e conomic processes,i nfrastructural development,a nd migrations are all interrelateda nd mutuallyd ependent.This is evident in theB lackS ea region, wherethese phenomenahavehad an impact since Greek colonization during classical antiquity, while theEast European lowlands have always been atransit zone for Asian peoples of the steppe. It is also as pace whereo ther mechanisms of transport geographyh avec ome into play.