"XIII - XIV A.D.".
This set is labelled as for the 13th and 14th centuries, a period when the various Russian principalities frequently warred with each other to gain prestige, booty and land. Having no one united state made them weaker when faced with invasion from outside, although on occasion they could join together to defeat foreign aggressors. By far the most important of these foreign invasions was that of the Mongols, who devastated much of the region and settled as neighbours and overlords as the Golden Horde.
Russian military technology and taste was influenced by both Europe and the Steppe, and by central Asia after the coming of the Mongols. This produced a rich variety of forms as well as some characteristics that were peculiarly Russian.
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