Falben

E357739

Falben is an alternative name for the Cumans, a medieval nomadic Turkic people who inhabited the Eurasian steppe and played a significant role in Eastern European history.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Falben canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy Mongol invasions ⓘ
linked to: Mongol conquests
alliedWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Rus' principalities ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Cumans ⓘ
conflictWith Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Bulgaria ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Rus' lands ⓘ
linked to: Rus'
demiseFactor Mongol expansion ⓘ
linked to: Mongol conquests
economicActivity horse breeding ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicClassification Turkic people ⓘ
geographicRange Lower Volga region ⓘ
Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
areas north of the Black Sea ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
integratedInto Bulgarian population ⓘ
Hungarian nobility ⓘ
Rus' principalities ⓘ
interactedWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Georgia ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
knownFor horse archery ⓘ
raids in Eastern Europe ⓘ
languageType Kipchak branch of Turkic ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
legacy Cuman-origin family names in Hungary ⓘ
Turkic loanwords in Eastern European languages ⓘ
toponyms in Eastern Europe ⓘ
linguisticFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
militaryRole steppe cavalry ⓘ
militaryServiceAs mercenaries ⓘ
partOf Cuman–Kipchak confederation ⓘ
playedRoleIn Eastern European history ⓘ
politicalStructure tribal confederation ⓘ
relatedGroup Kipchaks ⓘ
religion Tengrism ⓘ
socialOrganization nomadic people ⓘ
wayOfLife pastoralism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cumans → alsoKnownAs → Falben ⓘ
Kun → alsoKnownAs → Falben ⓘ