In this sense, in the river basins Volga and Don is where the Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius locates Tartary, as we can see on the world map Typus orbis terrarum [1], from 1608, where we also see that Tartary differs from Mongolia itself or from Turkestan. But it can also, in a more general
View of the Crozon peninsula, in Brittany • ISTOCKPHOTO The migration, at the beginning of the High Middle Ages, of island Bretons (now Great Britain) to the Armorican peninsula, giving it the name of Brittany, is one of the essential moments in its history. Although this transmarine movement is
Spatha is the Greek name (spathê) for the longsword, used to refer to the late Roman longsword, the sword of the great invasions and the Merovingian sword. It is characterized by a wide blade as well as a narrow and flat guard. The Spatha appeared earlier in the Roman army as a cavalry weapon . In
Ross and Cromarty , historical region, Northern Scotland , spans the width of the country from the North Sea east to Atlantic to the west. It includes Lewis (part of the island Lewis and Harris ) on the Outer Hebrides . Britannica Quiz Discover the England, Scotland and W