Kovács Kitti: A Maeotis ingoványai : történeti-földrajzi vizsgálat antik és középkori szerzők, valamint korai térképek alapján = The Maeotian marshes : historical and geographical study based on antique and medieval books and early maps. In: Belvedere Meridionale, (26) 3. pp. 7-21. (2014)
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Maeotis is frequently mentioned in antique and medieval sources and it is mainly considered to be identical to the Sea of Azov by historians. However, the terms which refer to it in ancient texts, such as swamp, quagmire, lake and sea, seemingly contradict this theory. Th e aim of this article is to present the increase of knowledge about Maeotis from Herodotus to Simon Kézai with special regard to the personal experience of the authors and the transmission of the information. We collected geographical data about Maeotis from the works of ancient and medieval authors, such as Strabo, Jordanes, Al-Mas’udi and William of Rubruk, and compared the descriptions. As the improvement of geographical knowledge is particularly noticeable on the 16th-18th century maps, these were also included in our research. Th e cartographic name of Maeotis was Palus Maeoti(de)s until the middle of the 18th century and it was depicted as a sea on maps. Th e environmental-historical analysis of the sources and early maps suggested that the climate change might have infl uenced the results, but we could not draw general conclusions, since this question still lacks detailed examination. As all the designations used in the sources (lake, sea, marsh, quagmire) refer to the Sea of Azov, we concluded that the identifi cation of Maeotis with the Sea of Azov is correct. Th e fi rth of the Don River and the western part of the Sea of Azov, namely the Sivash Lagoon were described with terms like marshy and swampy.
| Mű típusa: | Cikk, tanulmány, mű |
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| Rovatcím: | Tanulmányok = Studies; „…másnak e tájék mit jelent…” Földrajz és természet a magyar kultúrtörténetben = ‘how others see this region…’ : Geography and environment in the cultural history of hungary |
| Befoglaló folyóirat/kiadvány címe: | Belvedere Meridionale |
| Dátum: | 2014 |
| Kötet: | 26 |
| Szám: | 3 |
| Oldalak: | pp. 7-21 |
| Nyelv: | magyar , angol |
| Kiadó: | Belvedere Meridionale |
| Kiadás helye: | Szeged |
| Befoglaló mű URL: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/37376/ |
| DOI: | 10.14232/belv.2014.3.1 |
| Kulcsszavak: | Történeti földrajz - Azovi-tenger |
| Megjegyzések: | Bibliogr.: p. 20-21. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Szakterület: | 06. Bölcsészettudományok 06. Bölcsészettudományok > 06.01. Történettudomány és régészet |
| Feltöltés dátuma: | 2016. okt. 17. 10:37 |
| Utolsó módosítás: | 2025. júl. 03. 15:08 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/34416 |
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