tartary
- n the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries
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- ALMANAC OF WORLD ISLAMISM MAY LEAD TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING
It was filed correctly between "Russia" and "Central Asia," which the book is about. Its title is (take a breath!) "Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia." The author, Thomas Witlam Atkinson, one of those Brits who yearn for desolate places, had traveled to that no ...
April 17, 2014 - Georgie Anne Geyer via Yahoo! News
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- Eric Shipton in CNN International
More accurately called Shipton's Arch it was first made known to the world in 1947 when English explorer Eric Shipton mentioned it in his book "Mountains of Tartary." - Voltaire in guardian.co.uk
It is very entertaining, to be sure, to hear how Voltaire sneakily tried to get hold of "the best rhubarb that Chinese Tartary ever produced" to cure his constipation, despite his doctor's stern insistence that he stick to cassia (in a letter to...