Sarmatia
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Sarmatia was a region of the Eurasian steppe inhabited by the Sarmatians .
Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523) used "Sarmatia" for the Black Sea region and further divided it into Sarmatia Europea, which included East Central Europe , and Sarmatia Asiatica. [1] Filippo Ferrari (1551–1626) also divided the two.
Sarmatia Asiatica
Sarmatia Asiatica ("Asiatic Sarmatia") was the name used in Ptolemy 's Geography ( c. 150 ) for a part of Sarmatia, a large region which included parts of Europe and Asia.
In modern times, geographers had various views on its extent:
- S. A. Mitchell (1860) described it as bordering an unknown country in the north, Scythia and Caspian Sea in the east, the Caucasus in the south, and Cimmerian Bosphorus , Palus Maeotis and Tanais in the west. It included the mountains of Coraxici, Hippici and Hyperborei (the Ural ), and rivers Don, Kuban and Volga. [2]
- A. Arrowsmith (1832): [3]
- A. Picquot (1826) described it as bordering Scythia and the Roxolani to the north, Caspian Sea to the east, Colchis , Albania and Iberia to the south, and Palus Maeotis and Cimmerian Bosphorus to the west. [4]
Sarmatia Europea
Another part was Sarmatia Europea ("European Sarmatia"), which was situated further west. European Sarmatia largely corresponds to what was later known as Grand Duchy of Lithuania ; later, Intermarium ; and nowadays the Three Seas Initiative . Sarmatia was present in most maps of the region from the time of Ptolemy until the end of the 18th century.
- A. Arrowsmith (1832): [3]
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References
- ↑ Howell A. Lloyd; Glenn Burgess; Simon Hodson (2007). European Political Thought 1450-1700: Religion, Law and Philosophy . Yale University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-300-11266-5 .
- ↑ Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1876) [1860]. An Ancient Geography, Classical and Sacred . J.H. Butler. pp. 53–54.
- 1 2 Arrowsmith 1832 .
- ↑ A. PICQUOT (1826). Elements of Universal Geography, ancient and modern; containing a description ... of the several countries, states, &c. ... to which are added historical, classical and mythological notes, etc . pp. 268–.
Sources
- Arrowsmith, Aaron (1832). A Grammar of Ancient Geography . London: Hansard. pp. 2 , 14–15, 40, 209–210, 251–259.
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