Cuman

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The Cumans were a nomadic Turkic people of the Eurasian steppe who played a major role in medieval Eastern European and Black Sea politics and warfare.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cuman canonical 6
Cumanī 1
Kuman 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people ⓘ
alliedWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kipchak ⓘ
linked to: Kipchaks

Kuman ⓘ
linked to: Cuman

Kun ⓘ
Polovtsi ⓘ
linked to: Polovtsians

Polovtsian ⓘ
linked to: Polovtsians
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
defeatedBy Mongol Empire ⓘ
descendantGroup Crimean Tatars ⓘ
Csángós ⓘ
Cumans in Hungary ⓘ
Gagauz ⓘ
Karakalpaks ⓘ
Kazakhs ⓘ
economy pastoral nomadism ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Eurasian steppe ⓘ
foughtWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
Rus' principalities ⓘ
influenced Bulgarian nobility ⓘ
Hungarian nobility ⓘ
Rus' military tactics ⓘ
integratedInto Golden Horde ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
languageFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
laterReligion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
legacy Cuman place names in Hungary ⓘ
Cuman place names in Romania ⓘ
Cumania (historical region) ⓘ
Kunság (Cuman district in Hungary) ⓘ
migratedTo Balkans ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Rus' principalities ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
militarySpecialization mounted archery ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Legnica ⓘ
Battle of Mohi ⓘ
Battle of the Kalka River ⓘ
partOf Cuman–Kipchak confederation ⓘ
playedRoleIn Black Sea regional politics ⓘ
medieval Eastern European politics ⓘ
medieval steppe warfare ⓘ
region Black Sea steppe ⓘ
Eurasian steppe ⓘ
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
religion Tengrism ⓘ
socialStructure tribal confederation ⓘ
spoke Cuman language ⓘ
Kipchak language ⓘ
linked to: Kipchak languages
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
usedAs auxiliary cavalry ⓘ
mercenaries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Cuman people → alsoKnownAs → Kumans ⓘ
linked to: Cuman
Comani → ethnonymInLatinSources → Cumanī ⓘ
linked to: Cuman
Gurandukht → ethnicity → Cuman ⓘ
Cuman → alsoKnownAs → Kuman ⓘ
linked to: Cuman