It's in the geographic entries of The American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd. College Edition c. 1982
I'm not sure Tartaria was an empire per se though. The nomadic steppe people like the Tartars were generally a bit more decentralized than that if I'm not mistaken. Still, the Mongols were conquerors and empire builders, so who is to say?
It's in the geographic entries of The American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd. College Edition c. 1982
I'm not sure Tartaria was an empire per se though. The nomadic steppe people like the Tartars were generally a bit more decentralized than that if I'm not mistaken. Still, the Mongols were conquerors and empire builders, so who is to say?