Golden Horde Khanate
Journal: The Encyclopedia of Empire
Year: 2016

Abstract No English‐language monograph exists on the history of the Golden Horde Khanate. After a treatment of the Mongol origins of the Golden Horde, the western campaign of 1236–1241, which laid the territorial foundation of the new Chinggisid state founded by Batu Khan, is analyzed. The first 100 years of the political history of the Jochid realm, with special emphasis on Berke Khan's reign (1257–1266), Prince Nogai's separatist policy of the 1290s, and the golden age of the Horde during Uzbe