Show the danube river the danube river was in the hey day of steamboat mg before the coming of the railroads the only connecting link between the balkan states of turkey rumania bul gana garia and serbia and the austrian empire the danube s first traffic boom was during the crusades when 2 laden craft bound for the holy land proceeded down it at one time the early greek mer chants knew it and herodotus called it the greatest of rivers for years the romans ruled it and it is interesting that no single people has controlled it since A dozen towns along it are mentioned in the which reflect the early barbarian raids and migra eions during the long turkish occupation cu of the lower river traffic was at a standstill but with their overthrow in the seventeenth cen tury trade began to revive in 1817 steam was introduced and soon the danube over its 1600 miles from regensburg gensburg Be in bavaria to the black sea resembled the steam boat days on the mississippi |