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1227 - 1255Batu Khan establishes and rules the Golden Horde.
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1236 - 1242Multiple Mongol armies attack western Asia, Russia, Poland, and Hungary.
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1238The Mongols invade Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia.
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9 Apr 1241The Mongols defeat an army led by Henry the Pious, the Duke of Silesia, near Liegnitz (Legnica).
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10 Apr 1241 - 11 Apr 1241The Mongols defeat an army led by Bela IV, king of Hungary, at the Battle of Mohi.
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1251 - 1259Reign of Mongke Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire.
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1257 - 1266Reign of Berke over the Golden Horde.
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1260 - 1264Kublai Khan fights a civil war with his brother Ariq Boke for control of the Mongol Empire.
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1262Golden Horde forces under Nogai defeat the Ilkhanate at the Battle of Terek.
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1266 - 1280Mengu-Temur rules the Golden Horde.
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1271Golden Horde forces under Nogai invade the Byzantine Empire.
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1299Nogai, the de facto leader of the Golden Horde, dies.
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1313 - 1341Uzbeg rules the Golden Horde and makes Islam the state religion.
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1327Uzbeg shifts Golden Horde support from the Russian city of Tver to the rising power of Moscow.
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1342 - 1357Janibeg rules the Golden Horde.
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1362Lithuanian forces defeat the Golden Horde at the Battle of Blue Waters.
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1380A Russian army defeats the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo, seen as the turning point in Mongol domination of Russia.
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1380 - 1395Tokhtamysh rules the Golden Horde during a brief revival.
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1382Tokhtamysh and the Golden Horde sack Moscow.
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1465 - 1481Reign of Ahmed, the last major ruler of the Golden Horde.
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1480The Golden Horde is definitively defeated by the Russians at the Battle of the Ugra River.
