Horde may refer to:
History
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Orda (organization)
An orda (also ordu, ordo, or ordon) or horde was a historical sociopolitical and military structure found on the Eurasian Steppe, usually associated with the Turkic and Mongol peoples. This form of entity can be seen as the regional equivalent ...
, 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 Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragme ...
, 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 ...
, also known as White, Blue and Gray Hordes, formed in 1226 and 1227
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Great Horde
The Great Horde (''Uluğ Orda'') was a rump state of the Golden Horde that existed from the mid-15th century to 1502. It was centered at the core of the Golden Horde at Sarai. Both the Khanate of Astrakhan and the Khanate of Crimea broke away ...
, a remnant of the Golden Horde from about 1466 until 1502
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Nogai Horde
The Nogai Horde was a confederation founded by the Nogais that occupied the Pontic–Caspian steppe from about 1500 until they were pushed west by the Kalmyks and south by the Russians in the 17th century. The Mongol tribe called the Manghuds co ...
, a Turkic clan situated in the Caucasus Mountain region, formed in the 1390s
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Eurasian nomads
The Eurasian nomads were a large group of nomadic peoples from the Eurasian Steppe, who often appear in history as invaders of Europe, Western Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Asia, and South Asia.
A nomad is a member of people having no permanent ab ...
generally
* a historical term for
band society, 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
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, entertai ...
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* The Horde, a
fictional Aryan motorcycle gang in the television series ''The Shield''
Music
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Horde (band), 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)
Horde is a free web-based groupware.
The components of this groupware rest on the Horde framework. This PHP-based framework provides all the elements required for rapid web application development.
Horde offers applications such as the Hord ...
, a web application framework of various applications including an email client
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Great Dark Horde, 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
Hörde is a ''Stadtbezirk'' ("City District") and also a ''Stadtteil'' ('' Quarter'') in the south of the city of Dortmund, in Germany.
Hörde is situated at 51°29' North, 7°30' West, and is at an elevation of 112 metres above mean sea level. ...
, 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, ...
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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
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Nomadic pastoralism
Nomadic pastoralism is a form of pastoralism in which livestock are herded in order to seek for fresh pastures on which to graze. True nomads follow an irregular pattern of movement, in contrast with transhumance, where seasonal pastures are fix ...
, a form of agriculture practiced by steppe nomads
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