Cumans

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The Cumans were a nomadic Turkic people of the Eurasian steppe who played a significant role in medieval Eastern European politics and warfare before being largely displaced or assimilated following the Mongol expansion.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cumans canonical 22
Kipchaks 5
Cumans (Kipchaks) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kipchak Turkic language
Turkic people
historical ethnic group
medieval battle
nomadic people
alliedWith Kievan Rus at the Battle of the Kalka River
alsoKnownAs Comani
Falben
Kipchaks
linked to: Cumans

Kun
Polovtsians
Polovtsy
assimilatedInto Bulgarians
Hungarians
Romanians
Russians
Tatars
causeOfMigration Mongol expansion
linked to: Mongol conquests
conflictWith Byzantine Empire
Kievan Rus
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Hungary
Mongol Empire
date 1223
defeatedAt Battle of the Kalka River
documentedIn Byzantine sources
Latin medieval sources
Rus chronicles
linked to: Rus' chronicles
economy horse breeding
pastoral nomadism
ethnicGroupOf Eurasian steppe
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

Kipchak steppe
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

Pontic–Caspian steppe
influenced military tactics of Eastern Europe
languageFamily Turkic languages
laterReligion Eastern Christianity
Islam
Roman Catholicism
legacy Cuman loanwords in Hungarian
Cuman loanwords in Romanian
Cumania region in medieval Hungary
place names in Bulgaria
place names in Hungary
place names in Romania
migratedTo Bulgaria
Byzantine Empire
Golden Horde territories
Kingdom of Hungary
militarySpecialization light cavalry
militaryTactics mounted archery
partOf Cuman–Kipchak confederation
politicalRole allies of the Kingdom of Hungary
enemies of Kievan Rus principalities
mercenaries in Byzantine service
mercenaries in Georgian service
military allies of Kievan Rus principalities
participants in conflicts in the Balkans
participants in conflicts in the Caucasus
steppe confederation
region Crimea
Eurasian steppe
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

Hungarian Plain
Lower Danube
linked to: Danube

Volga region
north of the Black Sea
north of the Caspian Sea
relatedEthnicGroup Kipchaks
linked to: Cumans

Oghuz Turks
linked to: Oghuz

Pechenegs
religion Tengrism
socialStructure tribal confederation
spoke Cuman language
timePeriod 11th century
12th century
13th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

David IV of Georgia alliance Cumans (Kipchaks)
linked to: Cumans
Northern Crimea historicallyInhabitedBy Kipchaks
linked to: Cumans
Tengrism associatedPeople Kipchaks
linked to: Cumans
Cumans alsoKnownAs Kipchaks
linked to: Cumans
Cumans relatedEthnicGroup Kipchaks
linked to: Cumans
Taman Peninsula historicalInhabitants Kipchaks
linked to: Cumans
Rus' neighbor Cumans
Pechenegs neighbor Cumans
Pechenegs conflictWith Cumans
Polovtsians alsoKnownAs Cumans
Falben alternativeNameOf Cumans
Kun alternativeNameOf Cumans
Comani alternateName Cumans