학술논문

Древний Китай согласно данным «Древнеармянской географии» или «Ашхарацуйц»-е / Ancient China according to the data of 'the Ancient Armenian Geography' or 'Ashkharatsuyts'
Document Type
article
Source
Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Крыма, Iss 9, Pp 367-374 (2017)
Subject
“Ashkharatsuyts”
“Ancient Armenian Geography”
Movses of Khorene
Ananias of Shirak
Sima Qian
ancient China
China (north
south)
China
Archaeology
CC1-960
Language
Bulgarian
English
Russian
ISSN
2219-8857
Abstract
In “The Ancient Armenian Geography” (or “Ashkharatsuyts”, literally “The Outline of the World”), the last among all countries of Europe, Africa and Asia is China, which the authors of the source divide into two parts, mentioning it as the 37th and 38th country of world. The authors describe not only the territories of these countries, but also pay great attention to the orography, the nature, and traditions of the inhabitants of the country. Unfortunately, there is no information about its administrative-territorial division, which we find in “Ashkharatsuyts” under descriptions of almost all other countries of the world. This source elaborates on the natural resources and wealth of China, especially the 37th country. We tried to explain the reasons why China has been divided by the authors into two conditional states.