 The fact that Despots of Serbia ruled in the territory of present-day Vojvodina, but also the presence of large Serb population, are reasons because of which in many historical records and maps made between 15th and 18th centuries, territory of present-day Vojvodina was named "Rascia" (Raška, Serbia) and "Little Raška" (Little Serbia).A 1542 document describes that "Serbia" stretched from Lipova and Timișoara to the Danube, while a 1543 document that Timișoara and Arad being located "in the middle of Rascian land" ("in medio Rascianorum").At that time, the majority language in the region between Mureș and Körös was indeed Serbian.