Horde
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Horde may refer to:
In popular culture:
- Ordo (palace)
- a clanClanA clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
or armyArmyAn army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
of steppe nomadsNomadic pastoralismNomadic pastoralism is a form of agriculture where livestock are herded in order to find fresh pastures on which to graze following an irregular pattern of movement - in contrast with transhumance where seasonal pastures are fix. The herded livestock may include cattle, yaks, sheep, goats,...
(also known as an orde or orda). See Orda (structure) - the Blue and White HordeHordes of the Jochid UlusAccording to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani , Genghis Khan's eldest son, Jochi, had 14 sons. When he died, they inherited their father's dominions as fiefs under the rule of their brothers, Batu Khan, as supreme and Orda Khan as elder....
, formed 1226, 1227 - the Golden HordeGolden HordeThe Golden Horde was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire...
, a Turkic-Mongol state established in the 1240s - the Nogai HordeNogai HordeThe Nogai Horde was a confederation of about eighteen Turkic and Mongol tribes 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 Manghits constituted a core of the Horde...
, a Turkic clan situated in the Caucasus Mountain region, formed in the 1390s - JüzJüzA jüz is one of the three main territorial divisions in the Kypchak Plain area that covers much of the contemporary Kazakhstan. Variably, a jüz is believed to be a confederation or alliance of Kazakh nomads...
, the traditional divisions of Kazakh society, consisting of the Greater, Middle and Lesser Hordes - Horde (software)Horde (software)Horde is a PHP-based Web application framework.It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package , a wiki and a time and task tracking software.-Horde Email Platform:...
, a Web Application Framework
In popular culture:
- Great Dark HordeGreat Dark HordeThe Great Dark Horde is an independent "household" within the Society for Creative Anachronism — a historical reenactment group founded with the aim of studying and recreating pre-17th century Western European cultures and their histories...
, an independent fraternal/sororal group within the Society for Creative Anachronism modeled on an idealized version of Mongol culture - Evil HordeEvil HordeThe Evil Horde, more frequently referred to as the Horde, is a group of fictional characters featured in She-Ra: Princess of Power and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoons, comics and toys...
, a group of fictional characters in Masters of the Universe media - Horde (band)Horde (band)Horde is the single-album unblack metal project of Australian musician Jayson Sherlock, formerly of Mortification and Paramaecium. In 1994 the only album Hellig Usvart was released on Nuclear Blast. With a session line-up, Horde played live-shows in 2006, Norway, and in 2010 in Finland and Germany...
, an unblack metal band - The Golden Horde (band)The Golden Horde (band)The Golden Horde were a rock, punk, psychedelic band based in Dublin, Ireland. The most renowned line-up of the band was: Peter O'Kennedy, John Connor, Sam Steiger, Des O' Byrne, and Simon Carmody, although at the very first live performance, there were 13 band members on stage.Their first...
, a rock band - The Golden Horde (film)The Golden Horde (film)The Golden Horde is a 1951 Historical Adventure film directed by George Sherman and starring Ann Blyth and David Farrar. Many of the exterior scenes were shot in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.-Plot synopsis:...
- The Silver Horde (1930 film)The Silver Horde (1930 film)The Silver Horde is a 1930 romantic drama film starring Joel McCrea, in his first leading role, as an Alaskan fisherman torn between two women, one good and the other bad . The title is a reference to salmon. It is the second film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Rex Beach...
- La HordeLa hordeLa Horde or The Horde is a French horror film directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher, it stars Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney and Doudou Masta.-Plot:...
, 2008 French film release in North America as The Horde 2010 - The Horde (video game)The Horde (video game)The Horde is a hybrid action-strategy video game developed by Toys For Bob and published by Crystal Dynamics in 1994. It was originally released on the 3DO platform, but was soon after ported to the Sega Saturn and PC. It was an unusual hybrid of action and strategy game for the time...
, a 1994 action-strategy video game - The Horde, a fictional aryan motorcycle gang in the television series The Shield
- Locust Horde, main enemies in the Xbox 360 video game Gears of War
- Horde, one of the factions in the Warcraft universe
- H.O.R.D.E.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, and organizations from the local area of the...
, a music festival in the United States - Horde (comics)Horde (comics)Horde is the name of two fictional characters and one species in Marvel Comics.-Horde :The first Horde was an alien warlord. He had a shard of the Crystal of Ultimate Vision on his forehead, which made him invincible and immortal. Desiring the rest of the crystal, Horde coerced the X-Men to travel...
, several characters and a species used in Marvel Comics