Horde may refer to:
History
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Orda (organization), a historic sociopolitical and military structure in steppe nomad cultures such as the Turks and Mongols
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Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fr ...
, a Turkic-Mongol state established in the 1240s
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Wings of the Golden Horde
The eldest son of Genghis Khan, (who established the Mongol Empire) Jochi had several sons. When he died, they inherited their father's dominions as fiefs under the rule of their brothers, Batu Khan, as supreme khan and Orda Khan, who, although th ...
, also known as White, Blue and Gray Hordes, formed in 1226 and 1227
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Great Horde, a remnant of the Golden Horde from about 1466 until 1502
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Nogai Horde, a Turkic clan situated in the Caucasus Mountain region, formed in the 1390s
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Eurasian nomads generally
* a historical term for
band society
A band society, sometimes called a camp, or in older usage, a horde, is the simplest form of human society. A band generally consists of a small kin group, no larger than an extended family or clan. The general consensus of modern anthropology ...
, the simplest form of human society, in anthropology
Film and television
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The Horde (''She-Ra''), a group of fictional characters in ''She-Ra: Masters of the Universe'' and ''She-Ra: Princesses of Power'' media
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''The Horde'' (2009 film), a French film
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''The Horde'' (2012 film), a Russian historical film
* The Horde, 23 prominent personalities in the character Kevin Wendell Crumb in the 2016 American film ''
Split''
* The Horde, a
fictional Aryan motorcycle gang in the television series ''The Shield''
Music
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Horde (band)
Horde (originally called Beheadoth) is the unblack metal solo project of Australian musician Jayson Sherlock, formerly of Mortification and Paramaecium. In 1994, the only studio album, ''Hellig Usvart,'' was released on Nuclear Blast Records. W ...
, an unblack metal project of Australian musician Jayson Sherlock
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H.O.R.D.E.
Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere or H.O.R.D.E. Festival was a touring summer rock music festival originated by the musical group Blues Traveler in 1992. In addition to travelling headliners, the festival gave exposure to bands, charities, a ...
, a music festival in the United States
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''Horde'' (album), a 1981 album by Mnemonist Orchestra
Video games
* Horde, one of the
factions in the ''Warcraft'' universe
* Locust Horde,
the main enemies in the Xbox 360 video game ''Gears of War''
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''The Horde'' (video game), a 1994 action-strategy video game
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Horde: Northern wind, a 1999 real-time strategy video game
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Horde 2: The Citadel, a 2001 real-time strategy video game
Other uses
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Horde (software), a web application framework of various applications including an email client
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Great Dark Horde
The Great Dark Horde is an independent "household" (a social sub-group or quasi-fraternal organization) within the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), a historical reenactment group founded with the aim of studying and recreating pre-17th ce ...
, a group within the Society for Creative Anachronism modeled on an idealized version of Mongol culture
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Horde (comics)
This is a list of alien races that appear in Marvel Comics.
Overview
There are countless different extraterrestrial races in Marvel Comics universe. The vast majority are humanoid in structure.
Galactic Council
The Galactic Council is the asse ...
, several characters and a species used in Marvel Comics
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Hörde, a quarter of the city of Dortmund, Germany
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Human Olfactory Data Explorer
The Human Olfactory Data Explorer (HORDE) is a database of human olfactory receptors. The database provides information of the human olfactory receptor families, as well for dogs, platypuses, opossums and chimpanzees. The database is hosted at t ...
(HORDE), a database of human olfactory receptors
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''The Horde'' (boxed set), an accessory for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game
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Horde chess, a variant of Dunsany's chess
See also
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Hoard (disambiguation)
A hoard is a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground.
Hoard may also refer to:
Places
* Hoard, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States
* Hoard, W ...
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Army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
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Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
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Nomadic pastoralism, a form of agriculture practiced by steppe nomads
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