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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Cumans → alsoKnownAs → Comani ⓘ
Kun → alsoKnownAs → Comani ⓘ