CHAPTER XLI.

POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL REVOLUTIONS OF THE CRIMEA.

Extent and Character of Surface--Milesian and Heraclean Colonies --Kingdom of the Bosphorus--Export and Import Trade in the Times of the Greek Republics--Mithridates--The Kingdom of the Bosphorus under the Romans--The Alans and Goths--Situation of the Republic of Kherson--The Huns; Destruction of the Kingdom of the Bosphorus --The Khersonites put themselves under the Protection of the Byzantine Empire--Dominion of the Khazars--The Petchenegues and Romans--The Kingdom of Little Tatary--Rise and Fall of the Genoese Colonies--The Crimea under the Tatars--Its Conquest by the Russians 402