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Packet 4: Bonus 11

Under the “Tatar Yoke,” Ivan I took over the job of this polity’s baskaki tax collectors. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this group of horsemen founded by Batu Khan.
ANSWER: Golden Horde [accept Ulug Ulus or Kipchak Khanate or Ulus of Jochi]
[10h] The “Tatar Yoke” legendarily ended after Ivan III defeated Akhmat Khan at this 1480 battle named for a river in modern day Smolensk.
ANSWER: Great Stand on the Ugra River [accept Standing on the Ugra River or the Battle of the Ugra]
[10e] The Golden Horde lost functional control over many Russian states after Tokhtamysh (“TOK-ta-mish”) lost the Battle of the Terek River to this conqueror. This ruler of Samarkand was nicknamed “the lame” due to his prominent limp.
ANSWER: Timur [or Timur the Lame or Tamerlane]
<History - World, Charan Shreekumar> | VAULT II Packet 04

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4419.5598%80%18%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BathSouthperial1001020ME
Birmingham AWarperial1001020ME
Birmingham BOxford001010E
CambridgeSouthampton1001020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓620.00100%83%17%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓225.00100%100%50%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓316.67100%67%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓415.00100%50%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓522.00100%100%20%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓313.3367%67%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓417.50100%75%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓412.50100%25%0%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓524.00100%100%40%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓823.75100%100%38%