Kun

E357740

ethnic group historical people

Kun is an alternative name for the Cumans, a historically significant nomadic Turkic people who roamed the Eurasian steppes during the Middle Ages.

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Label	Occurrences
Kun canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ historical people ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
affectedBy	Mongol conquests ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasions
alliedWith	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Comani ⓘ Falben ⓘ Kipchaks ⓘ Polovtsians ⓘ
alternativeNameOf	Cumans ⓘ
conflictedWith	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
descendants	Cumania region in medieval Hungary ⓘ surface form: Cumans in Hungary Turkic-speaking groups of the steppe ⓘ
economy	horse breeding ⓘ trade with sedentary states ⓘ
engagedIn	mounted warfare ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ raiding ⓘ
ethnicity	Turkic ⓘ
inhabitedRegion	Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ surface form: Pontic–Caspian Steppe area north of the Black Sea ⓘ area north of the Caspian Sea ⓘ
languageFamily	Kipchak languages ⓘ surface form: Kipchak Turkic
laterReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
legacy	Cuman loanwords in regional languages ⓘ Cuman place names in Eastern Europe ⓘ influence on Hungarian nobility ⓘ
lifestyle	nomadic ⓘ
migratedTo	Balkans ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Rus principalities ⓘ
militaryRole	steppe light cavalry ⓘ
notableEvent	integration into Kingdom of Hungary after Mongol invasion ⓘ
partOf	Cuman–Kipchak confederation ⓘ
peakPeriod	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ early 13th century ⓘ
politicalStructure	tribal confederation ⓘ
region	Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
religion	Tengrism ⓘ
socialOrganization	clan-based society ⓘ

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

Cumans → alsoKnownAs → Kun ⓘ

Comani → ethnonymInHungarianSources → Kun ⓘ