The concept of horde can be used in various senses.
Community with nomadic and rudimentary characteristics
On the one hand, it is called that way to that community with nomadic characteristics, that is, that moves from one place to another and without having a permanent address and that also has elementary and basic customs.
The Mongolian ethnic group, which was born many, many years ago in what are now the territories of Mongolia, Russia and China, is syndicated in history as a clear example of a horde. They were basically political, military and social structures that acted with the conditions mentioned above.
There are many who relate the horde to tribes and clans.
Objectives and role of the hordes
The hordes had the primary objective of supplying food to their components, usually about 20 or 40 people, and in this activity they provided protection to each other. The head of the horde was always the one the group viewed as the strongest.
One issue that threatened their persistence was that the members were sexually linked without respecting blood ties, a situation that caused many to disintegrate or present conflicts. When it was determined that this fact brought many complexities, it was decided to prohibit this type of linking.
Until agriculture arrived as a means of survival and food, the hordes proliferated, then they would become tribes.
Group of people, generally armed, and who act without any restraint
Also, the concept is used to refer to that group of people, generally armed, and who act without any kind of moderation, organization and discipline.
"A horde made up of neighbors attacked the communal headquarters."
Although, as we have already pointed out, the behavior of the horde is rather elemental and rudimentary, we must emphasize that it has not completely disappeared and it is common for people, in some circumstances, to act in this way, forgetting that there are rules to respect in a society. .
When events occur in communities that produce tremendous social disenchantment, this horde behavior is often appreciated.
On the other hand, the armed group that acts outside the official army of a nation is called a horde.
