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, a Turkic-Mongol state established in the 1240s
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Wings of the Golden Horde, 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., 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), 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 (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)
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Army
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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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