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