Oct 20, 2014

On This Day - Oct. 20

1720 CE - Pirate captain, Calico Jack, is captured by the Royal Navy in the Caribbean. 




Photo of the Day
Outdoor market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. 




In the News

Quote of the Day
"I am an anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal". --Rudolf Rocker




Song of the Day
Tainted Love
Artist - Soft Cell
Album - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 




Film of the Day
Director - Simon Pummell




Wiki of the Day
An orda (also orda, ordu, ordo, ordon) or horde was an historical sociopolitical and military structure found on the Eurasian Steppe, usually associated with the Turkic raiders and Mongols. This entity can be seen as regional equivalent of a clan or a tribe. Some successful ordas gave rise to khanates.
While the Slavic term, ordo, and western, horde, were in origin a borrowing from the Mongol term ordo for "camp, headquarters", the original term did not carry the meaning of a large khanates such as the Golden Horde. These structures were contemporarily referred to as ulus ("nation" or "tribe"). It was only in the Late Middle Ages that the Slavic usage of orda was borrowed back into the Turkic languages.
Etymologically, the word "orda" comes from the Mongolic "ordu" which could mean camp, palace, tent, "seat of power"[1] or "royal court".[2][3]
Within the Liao Empire of the Mongolic Khitans, the word ordo was used to refer to a nobleman's personal entourage or court, which included servants, retainers, and bodyguards. Emperors, empresses, and high ranking princes all had ordos of their own, which they were free to manage in practically any way they chose.


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