Macedonia holds a key position in the search for possible routes of communication between the Aegean and the Balkan interior. In addition ti the other usable routes via the Adriatic Sea in the west and the Black Sea in the east, the river systems of the central Balkan Peninsula have always been the object of the scientific search for distribution routes from the Aegean to Central Europe. Accordingly, the Axios-Vardar-Morava, the Strimonas and the Nestos-Mesta Rivers represent lines od connection that lead from the coasts of Macedonia into the Balkan hinterland and ultimately to the Danube.The following contribution attempts to illustrate the function that Macedonia served during the Late Bronze Age between tha Danube River and the Aegean.
