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 | | Each of these hordes was made up of clan, tribal, and family units that had cultural and organizational features in common with neighboring Turkic tribes such as the Nogais, Karakalpaks, and the Teleuts*. |
 | | The Older Horde, based in Semirech'e, coalesced in the early sixteenth century, taking over the lands previously occupied by the early Sacae and Usun tribes from the fourth to the second centuries B.C., and encompassing the Usun, Kangly, Dulat, Albani, Suan, Jalair, and other tribes. |
 | | The Middle Horde emerged in the early sixteenth century, and its lands came to embrace the Kypchak, Argyn, Naiman, Kerait, Uak, and Kongrat tribes that lived in the area. |
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