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Empire of the Golden Horde

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Empire of the Golden Horde Mongol state comprising most of Russia, given as an appanage to Jenghiz Khan's oldest son, Juchi, and actually conquered and founded in the mid-13th cent. by Juchi's son, Batu Khan , after the Mongol or Tatar (see Tatars ) conquest of Russia. The name was derived from the Russian designation Zolotaya Orda, used by the Russians to designate the Mongol host that had set up a magnificent gleaming tent camp along the Volga River. The empire, also called the Kipchak Khanate, had its capital first at Sarai Batu near Astrakhan on the lower Volga and later at Sarai... Read more
Golden Horde
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... the western part of the Mongol empire. The Golden Horde flourished from the mid-13th century ... who expanded the domain of the Golden Horde in a series of brilliant campaigns ... into several smaller khanates.Golden HordeGolden HordeGolden Horde Read more
Mongol empire
A Dictionary of World History Mongol empire An empire founded by GENGHIS KHAN early in the ... Karakorum, in Mongolia. However, the GOLDEN HORDE remained in control of Russia. In ... authority over remote parts of the empire. Quarrels over succession, corrupt ... Read more

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