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THE MAKING OF EUROPE / EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY

From Hutton Webster's, Early European History (1917); edited for this on-line publication, by ELLOPOS

XVIII. THE MONGOLS AND THE OTTOMAN TURKS TO 1453 A.D.

Em. Macron, Rediscovering the Path to Europe

» Contents of this Chapter

The Mongols   * Conquests of the Mongols, 1206-1405 A.D.   * The Mongols in China and India   * The Mongols in Eastern Europe   * The Ottoman Turks and their Conquests, 1227-1453 A.D.   * The Ottoman Turks in Southeastern Europe

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THE "GOLDEN HORDE"

The ruler of the "Golden Horde," as the western section of the Mongol Empire was called, continued to be the lord of Russia for about two hundred and fifty years. Russia, throughout this period, was little more than a dependency of Asia. The conquered people were obliged to pay a heavy tribute and to furnish soldiers for the Mongol armies. Their princes, also, became vassals of the Great Khan.

MONGOL INFLUENCE ON RUSSIA

The Mongols, or "Tartars" [12] are usually said to have Orientalized Russia. It seems clear, however, that they did not interfere with the language, religion, and laws of their subjects. The chief result of the Mongol supremacy was to cut off Russia from western Europe, just at the time when England, France, Germany, and Italy were emerging from the darkness of the early Middle Ages.

[12] The name Tartar (more correctly, Tatar) was originally applied to both Mongol and Turkish tribes that entered Russia.

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