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== 3. Why does this confusion exist? ==
The adherents of the Tartaria theory rely on two major errors of interpretation:

# '''A misreading of old maps''': They see the word “Tartaria” written in large letters on 17th- and 18th-century maps and conclude that it was a centralized state, ignoring that it was simply a regional designation for territories that had not been mapped in detail.
# '''Beaux-Arts architecture and World’s Fairs''': They are astonished to see monumental classical or Beaux-Arts style buildings (such as the temporary structures of the 1915 San Francisco World’s Fair or the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair) built so “quickly.” Rather than seeing in them the know-how of the architects of the time, they claim that these structures were the technological remains of the Tartarian Empire that governments later demolished in order to hide the past.

'''In summary''': While Xanadu and Tartary have real historical roots linked to the nomadic empires of Asia, their modern association as the remains of a super-civilization erased by a worldwide conspiracy is purely a matter of pseudohistory and internet fiction.

[1] <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarian_Empire</nowiki>

[2] <nowiki>https://gnet-research.org/2023/02/15/the-dangers-of-pseudohistorical-conspiracy-theories/</nowiki>

[3] <nowiki>https://www.historicmysteries.com/archaeology/xanadu/29981/</nowiki>

[4] <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9yvFe4tZ7c&t=5</nowiki>

[5] <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK6RZ10EAdE</nowiki>

[6] <nowiki>https://www.geographicus.com/blog/the-empire-that-never-was-tartaria-antique-maps-and-the-invention-of-a-lost-civilization.html</nowiki>

[7] <nowiki>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-27/inside-architecture-s-wildest-conspiracy-theory</nowiki>

[8] <nowiki>https://allthatsinteresting.com/tartarian-empire</nowiki>

[9] <nowiki>https://www.facebook.com/AubreyMarcus/videos/i-was-excited-to-ask-nuatlantis-about-his-thoughts-on-tartaria-no-doubt-technolo/1650363496285602/</nowiki>

[10] <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FbDCyDrX06M</nowiki>

[11] <nowiki>https://www.discovermagazine.com/what-is-the-lost-empire-of-tartaria-45702</nowiki>

[12] <nowiki>https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/exploration-mysteries-tartarian-empire-151605975.html</nowiki>

[13] <nowiki>https://newworlds.substack.com/p/the-tartarian-empire</nowiki>