Horde

Not to be confused with hoard.

The English word Horde derives from Orda (organization), a historic sociopolitical and military structure in steppe nomad cultures such as the Mongols. Specific examples of historic hordes include:

• Hordes of the Jochid Ulus, also known as White, Blue and Gray hordes, formed in 1226 and 1227
• Golden Horde, a Turkic-Mongol state established in the 1240s
• Great Horde, a remnant of the Golden Horde from about 1466 until 1502
• Nogai Horde, a Turkic clan situated in the Caucasus Mountain region, formed in the 1390s

Horde may also refer to:

Film and television

• La Horde, a 2008 French film released in North America as The Horde in 2010
• Evil Horde, a group of fictional characters in Masters of the Universe media
• The Horde (film), a 2012 Russian historical film
• The Horde, a fictional aryan motorcycle gang in the television series The Shield

Music

• Horde (band), an unblack metal project of Australian musician Jayson Sherlock
• H.O.R.D.E., a music festival in the United States

Software

• Horde (software), a Web Application Framework
• Locust Horde, the main enemies in the Xbox 360 video game Gears of War
• Horde, one of the factions in the Warcraft universe
• The Horde (video game), a 1994 action-strategy video game

Other uses

• Great Dark Horde, a group within the Society for Creative Anachronism modeled on an idealized version of Mongol culture
• Horde (comics), several characters and a species used in Marvel Comics
• Horde Mode, Game variation in the Gears of War series. The term has spread amongst gamers for any game mode which features a stand off against waves of enemies.

See also

• Hoard (disambiguation)
• Army
• Clan
• Nomadic pastoralism, a form of agriculture practiced by steppe nomads