«Great Tartary" - as in the Middle Ages, and sometimes up to the twentieth century, the Europeans called vast land, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.According to the beliefs of European scholars and historians, scholars and travelers of the time, it was a great one country, broken down into provinces, a very rich and powerful country, in which there were many cities where people live different faiths and social strata.Old map of Great Tartary illustrates just how extensive were considered land that were included in its composition.This - the Caspian region, the whole of Siberia, Central Asia, Mongolia, Tibet.In the south it is bordered by China and India, and came up against in the north to the Arctic Ocean.In short, Tartary is undoubtedly one of the greatest countries in the history of mankind.
Denis Pétau, one of the founders of modern history, believed that the history of the Great Tartary begins from the time of the Scythians, who lived on the coast of the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean, called the ancient Scythian or jelly sea.According to him, the ruler of the country was the Great Khan, has many kingdoms and provinces.The first of these was the Genghis Khan.
Petavius believed that contemporary Great Tartary divided into several large provinces.Little Tartary were considered the Don and the northern Caspian lands.Followed by Asian or Muscovite, some located in the Volga steppes, where people live in tents and constantly wander from place to place, changing pastures.They call their country horde.Ancient Tartary was considered an area where all went Tartars and gradually spread across Europe and Asia.Central Asian lands are divided into several areas, such as Chagatai, Margiana, Turkestan.
Thus, descriptions of medieval scholars, we can conclude that the map of the Great Tartary was a vast region that swept the vast land of the Eurasian continent.
described and religion Tartary.Great Tartary is not a country with a single religion.In various parts of it were different religion.It is Islam, Orthodoxy, and in some regions of idolatry and paganism.The history of the Great Tartary Petavius - is a fusion of different peoples stories, all those who are part of the country.So, for example, believed that Tamerlane was the fifth Great Khan after Chingiz.
Referring to the wealth of nations, Petavius primarily writes that Great Tartary abundant pastures and rivers.In particular, many grow rice and wheat.Also point to the fact that, because of the cold climate peoples stocking fur and all kinds of fabrics.The city is rich and his majestic, and markets filled with all sorts of goods that are distributed from there by traders around the world.The country has been producing all kinds of precious metals, most of which is allocated an abundance of gold mines.He believes that Tartary - this is a very rich country, and people live in prosperity and have everything.
