[MR] Mongol links (Fwd: Aoife-Links Digest, Vol 15, Issue 3)

Thu Jan 19 14:49:35 PST 2006

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1.  Mongol Rus: The Golden Horde  (Aoife)

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Subject: [Aoife-Links] Mongol Rus: The Golden  Horde
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Greetings,  my Faithful Readers!

This  week, I am shy of inspiration. Turning to my trusted advisor, my 
husband  Gilbert, I asked for a topic to research. "Magyars," he said, 
"Islam,  Medieval Musical Instruments, Castles."
"Nope," I replied, "I've done  those."
"How about Slavs?" Dutifully I entered 'Medieval Slavs' into a  search 
engine. Very little of quality turned up.Clearly I needed other  terms, and 
frankly, my brain hurt.
"Here's one: The Mongol Rus. How  about the Golden Horde?" And lo and behold, 
the hits kept  coming.
Therefore this Links List is about that fascinating organization,  which 
managed to be the largest land-based oligarchy in the history of  this 
planet.

This Links List is dedicated to two of my best  friends, who both passed away 
one right after the other in the last month:  my tortoise shell calico, 
Animas, age 15, and my beagle, Samwise, age 14  1/2. I am really going to 
miss them. May they be ruling their own Horde in  heaven.

Cheers

Aoife

Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos  Mon
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Khanate of the  Golden  Horde
http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/states3.html
(Site  Excerpt)The origins of the name Golden Horde are uncertain. Some 
scholars  believe that it refers to the camp of Batu and the later rulers of 
the  Horde. In Mongolian, Altan Orda refers to the golden camp or palace. 
Altan  (golden) was also the color connoting imperial status. Other sources  
mention that Batu had a golden tent, and it is from this that the Golden  
Horde received its name.

Early Mongol Coins of the  Crimea
http://horde.charm.ru/

Columbia Encyclopedia: Golden Horde,  Empite of the
http://www.bartleby.com/65/go/GoldenHE.html
(Site Excerpt)  Under the Empire of the Golden Horde, the Russian 
principalities retained  their own rulers and internal administration. 
However, they were  tributaries of the khan, who confirmed princely 
succession and exacted  exorbitant taxes. Until the disintegration of the 
Mongol empire (14th  cent.) the khans themselves were under the suzerainty of 
the great khan at  Karakorum.

The Mongols and the Emergence of  Moscow
http://www.geographia.com/russia/rushis03.htm
(Site Excerpt)  Under the Empire of the Golden Horde, the Russian 
principalities retained  their own rulers and internal administration. 
However, they were  tributaries of the khan, who confirmed princely 
succession and exacted  exorbitant taxes. Until the disintegration of the 
Mongol empire (14th  cent.) the khans themselves were under the suzerainty of 
the great khan at  Karakorum.

Mongolians test alien idea: Privatizing the  land
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/26/news/mongol.php
(Site  Excerpt) Despite the reputation for violent acquisitiveness that  
Mongolians acquired when Genghis Khan and the Golden Horde forged the  
world's greatest land empire in the 12th and 13th centuries, Mongolia  
developed as a communal land-sharing system long before capitalists and  
Communists clashed over the principles of property and  ownership.

GOLDEN HORDE  (SHAYBANID)
http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/gol.htm
(Site Except) The  Golden Horde consisted of two main divisions. The Blue 
Horde, which  descended from Batu Khan, grandson of Genghis, dominated in the 
first half  of the 14th Century and the White Horde, which descended from 
Batu's  brother Orda, played a significant role in the latter part of the  
century.

"Olen-Kolodetz" - A Golden Horde aristocrat's burial . . .  The Male  Burial
http://www.redkaganate.org/martial/armour/olenkldz.shtml
(Site  Excerpt) Although they were first mentioned in an archeological map by 

L.M. Savelov in 1902, they hadn't been explored until 1996, when despite  the 
government protection of the site a construction company started  building a 
road through it. Six mounds were destroyed by the construction  work, and 
then inspected by a team of archeologists. Three of them were  nomad burials, 
two of which are described in detail by  Efimov.

Historical Boys Clothing: The  Mongols
http://histclo.hispeed.com/chron/med/med-mong.html
(Site  Excerpt--note there are no actual images of clothing on this site) The 

Mongols burst out of the Asian steppe at the beginning of the 13th  century. 
The rise of the Mongols began in the East at the beginning of the  13th 
century. The Chinese decided to restrict trade with the Mongols, no  doubt 
understanding that trade was helping to build a military threat to  their 
north. Temujin united the various clans and was proclaimed Genghis  Khan or 
Very Mighty King (1206).

State Hermitage Museum: Treasure  of the Golden  Horde
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/12/b2003/hm12_3_1_2_0.html
(Site  Excerpt) This is the first large-scale exhibition devoted to the 
artistic  life of the Golden Horde. The display includes some 1,000 items 
made  between the 13th and 15th centuries by craftsmen of the Ulus Juchi or  
Golden Horde - the westernmost of the states that formed after the death  of 
Genghis Khan in the territories of which he was master.

The  Tatar Ethnic Minority in  China
http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-tartar.htm
(Site  Excerpt) Their history in China dates from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), 

when the Tatar tribe was ruled by the nomadic Turkic Khanate in northern  
China. As this state fell into decline, the Tatars grew in strength, and  
their name was used to refer to several tribes in the north after the Tang  
Dynasty. Their homeland was later annexed by Mongols, and when the Mongols  
pushed west, many Central Asians and Europeans called them  Tatars.

Ibn Battuta's Trip: Part Six - The Steppe - Land of the Golden  Horde, 1332 - 

1333
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Ibn_Battuta/Battuta's_Trip_Six.html
(Site  Excerpt) They had arrived just in time to make the 700-mile trip to 
the  Volga River under the protection of the King of the Golden Horde who was 

traveling only a few days ahead. So they bought three wagons and animals  to 
pull them and rushed to catch up. (One wagon was for Ibn Battuta  himself and 
a slave girl - with whom he would father another child! A  second wagon was 
for his friend, and a third large one was for the rest of  his companions and 
other slaves.) A prosperous steppe dweller might own  one or two hundred 
wagons!

Ingvild