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GOLDEN HORDE
1227 - 1783

 

The Golden Horde was also called the Khanate of Kipchak and was the inheritance of Ögödei on occasion of his father's, Genghis Khan's, death.

For more than 200 years, the people of the Golden Horde, also called Tatars, were busy invading Europe and expanding their realm, burning one city after another to the ground.

The year 1395 brought about a surprise. Timur invaded the invaders and, for a change, burned their capital, Sarai Berke.

It went downhill from there until the entire chapter was closed in 1783, when Catherine the Great annexed what was left of the Golden Horde in the Crimea.

And here is the map

The Growth of Russia in Europe, 1300-1796
GOLDEN HORDE IN EUROPE
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See also the chart Governments in History.


 

 

 

 

 


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