Comani

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Comani 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
Comani canonical 3

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
historical people
alternateName Cumans
continent Eurasia
culture steppe nomad culture
economy pastoralism
ethnicGroupOf Eurasian steppe
ethnonymInByzantineSources Kumanoi
ethnonymInHungarianSources Kun
ethnonymInLatinSources Comani
Cumanī
linked to: Cuman
ethnonymInRusSources Polovtsy
fate partly assimilated into Eastern European populations
partly incorporated into the Golden Horde
influencedBy Mongol invasions
linked to: Mongol conquests
interactedWith Byzantine Empire
Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Georgia
Kingdom of Hungary
Volga Bulgars
linked to: Bulgars
languageFamily Turkic languages
laterReligion Christianity
Islam
legacy Cuman law code in medieval Hungary
Cuman–Kipchak linguistic influence in Eastern Europe
toponyms in Hungary and Romania
lifestyle nomadic
migration westward movement before and during Mongol expansion
militaryRole mounted archers
notableEvent conflicts with Kievan Rus'
service as mercenaries in Eastern Europe
notableFor role in Eastern European history
politicalRole formed tribal confederations
presentInModernCountry Hungary
Kazakhstan
Romania
Russia
Ukraine
primaryLivestock horses
sheep
region Eastern Europe
Pontic–Caspian steppe
relatedEthnicGroup Kipchaks
Oghuz Turks
linked to: Oghuz

Pechenegs
religion Tengrism
socialStructure tribal clans
timePeriod Middle Ages
warfareType light cavalry warfare

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Referenced by (3)

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

Cumans alsoKnownAs Comani
Kun alsoKnownAs Comani