MUD FLOOD ~ TARTARIA PUNISHED BY GOD

Tartary or Tartaria is a history for Central Asia and Siberia. Ignorance surrounding Tartar's use as a place name has spawned conspiracy theories including ideas of a "hidden past" and "mud floods".

Such theories assert that Tartary (or the "Tartarian Empire") was a lost civilization with advanced technology and culture.

This ignores the well-documented history of Asia, which Tartary refers to. In the present day, the Tartary region covers a region spanning from central Afghanistan to northern Kazakhstan, as well as areas in present Mongolia, China and the Russian Far East in "Chinese Tartary"

The globalized version of the conspiracy theory is based on an alternative view of architectural history.

Adherents propose that demolished buildings such as the Singer Building, the original New York Penn Station, or the temporary grounds of the 1915's World's Fair were actually the buildings of a vast empire based in Tartary that has been suppressed from history. Sumptuously styled Gilded Age buildings are often held out as really having been built by the supposed Tartaria.

Other buildings, such as the Great Pyramids and the White House, are further held out as Tartarian buildings. The conspiracy theory only vaguely describes how such a supposedly advanced civilization which had reputedly achieved world peace could have fallen and been hidden, HANNEL In the conspiracy theory, the idea that a 'mud flood" wiped out much of the world via depopulation and thus old buildings is common, supported by the fact that many buildings across the world have architectural elements like doors, windows and archways submerged many feet below "ground level".

Both World War I and Il are cited as a way in which Tartaria was destroyed and hidden, reflecting the reality that the extensive bombing campaigns of World War Il did destroy many historic buildings.