WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ivan III of Moscow soundly defeated the forces of the Golden Horde and the battle has ever since been recognized as the end of the Mongol domination of Russia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr Favereau’s work has established that, as the first sultanate of the Mongol Empire, the Golden Horde played an essential role in the expansion of Islam. Indeed, it was the major source of military slaves recruited for the armies of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria.

Detailed explanation-3: -At its peak the Golden Horde’s territory extended from the Carpathian Mountains in eastern Europe to the steppes of Siberia. On the south the Horde’s lands bordered on the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Iranian territories of the Mongol dynasty known as the Il-Khans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Golden Horde was the group of settled Mongols who ruled over Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and the Caucasus from the 1240s until 1502. The Golden Horde was established by Batu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan, and subsequently a part of the Mongol Empire before its inevitable fall.

Detailed explanation-5: -Golden Horde, also called Kipchak Khanate, Russian designation for the Ulus Juchi, the western part of the Mongol empire, which flourished from the mid-13th century to the end of the 14th century.