Golden Horde

Examples of Golden Horde in the following topics:

• Ivan I and the Rise of Moscow

  • Yury had also made a successful alliance with the Mongol leader Uzbeg Khan and married his sister, securing more power and advantages within the hierarchy of the Golden Horde.
  • Ivan I continued the family tradition and petitioned the leaders of the Golden Horde to gain the seat of Grand Prince of Vladimir.
  • Ivan I knew that the peace of his region depended upon keeping up an alliance with the Golden Horde, which he did faithfully.
  • Before the rule of the Golden Horde the original Russian Orthodox Church was based in Kiev.
  • Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde, sat to the southeast, while Moscow (not visible on this map) was tucked up in the northern forests of Vladimir-Suzdal.

• The Mongol Threat

  • Rus’ became part of what is known as the Golden Horde, the western extension of the Mongol Empire located in the eastern Slavic region.
  • However, Rus’ principalities paid tribute and taxes to the Mongol rulers regularly, under the umbrella of the Golden Horde (the western portion of the Mongol Empire).
  • This illustration shows the rapid expansion of the Mongol Empire as it traveled west into what became known as the Golden Horde.

• The Formation of Russia

  • Between the two leaders, what would become known as the “Gathering of the Russian Lands” would occur and begin a new era of Russian history after the Mongol Empire’s Golden Horde.
  • Moscow refused to pay its normal Golden Horde taxes starting in that year, which spurred Khan Ahmed to wage war against the city in 1480.

• Kublai Khan

  • The four empires were known as khanates, each pursuing its own separate interests and objectives: the Golden Horde Khanate in the northwest, the Chagatai Khanate in the west, the Ilkhanate in the southwest, and the Yuan Dynasty, based in modern-day Beijing.
  • In 1304, the three western khanates briefly accepted the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in name, but when the Dynasty was overthrown by the Han Chinese Ming Dynasty in 1368, and with increasing local unrest in the Golden Horde, the Mongol Empire finally dissolved.

• The Mongol Invasions

  • In addition to Emperor of China, Kublai Khan also claimed the title of Great Khan, supreme over the other successor khanates: the Chagatai, the Golden Horde, and the Ilkhanate.
  • All of the three western khanates (Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate, and Ilkhanate) became functionally autonomous; only the Ilkhans truly recognized Kublai as Great Khan.

• Administrative Reform in the Mongol Empire

  • The Golden Horde, which contained the Rus' principalities and large chunks of modern-day Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Belarus, and Romania.

• The Mongols in Eastern Europe

  • This conquered region is sometimes  referred to as the Golden Horde.

• The Southern Song Era

  • Although Hulagu was allied with Kublai Khan, his forces were unable to help in the assault against the Song due to Hulagu's war with the Golden Horde.

• The Golden Age of India

  • The prosperity of the Gupta Empire produced a golden age of cultural and scientific advancements.
  • This period became known as the Golden Age of India because it was marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.
  • Other scholars of the Golden Age helped create the first Indian numeral systems with a base of ten.
  • The cultural creativity of the Golden Age of India produced magnificent architecture, including palaces and temples, as well as sculptures and paintings of the highest quality.
  • The Golden Age of India produced many temples, decorated with various sculptures and paintings, such as the Dashavatara Temple, also known as the Vishnu Temple, in central India.

• Decline of the Gupta Empire

  • The Huna were a Central Asian Xionite tribe that consisted of four hordes: Northern Huna, also known as the Black Huns; Southern Huna, the Red Huns; Eastern Huna, the Celestial Huns; and the White Huns, the Western Huna.