Cuman Confederation

E363305

Turkic polity medieval nomadic tribal confederation political entity

The Cuman Confederation was a medieval nomadic tribal union of Turkic-speaking Cumans that dominated the Eurasian steppe north of the Black Sea before being shattered by the Mongol invasions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cuman Confederation canonical	1
Onogur tribal union	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic polity ⓘ medieval nomadic tribal confederation ⓘ political entity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cuman–Kipchak confederation ⓘ Cuman–Kipchak confederation ⓘ surface form: Cuman–Kipchak union
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
culture	Turkic nomadic culture ⓘ
dissolvedDueTo	Mongol conquest of Cuman–Kipchak steppe ⓘ surface form: Mongol conquest of the Kipchak steppe Mongol conquests ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasions
economy	pastoral nomadism ⓘ
endTime	13th century ⓘ
engagedIn	alliances with Kievan Rus' principalities ⓘ alliances with Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ conflicts with Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ raids on Kievan Rus' ⓘ warfare with Kievan Rus' ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Kipchak-Cuman ⓘ surface form: Turkic-speaking Cumans
ethnicGroup	Cumans ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major power in the Eurasian steppe before Mongol expansion ⓘ
influenced	Cuman–Kipchak linguistic area ⓘ later Turkic nomadic polities in the steppe ⓘ
language	Cuman language ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Bulgaria ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Moldova ⓘ Romania ⓘ Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Black Sea ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Caspian Sea ⓘ
military	cavalry-based warfare ⓘ
neighbor	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus' Kingdom of Georgia ⓘ Volga Bulgaria historical area ⓘ surface form: Volga Bulgaria
partOf	Eurasian Steppe ⓘ surface form: Kipchak Steppe
politicalStructure	loose tribal confederation ⓘ
populationType	tribal union ⓘ
region	Eurasian Steppe ⓘ Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ surface form: Pontic–Caspian Steppe
religion	Tengrism ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
startTime	c. 11th century ⓘ
successor	Golden Horde ⓘ
timePeriod	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ early 13th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of the Kalka River → belligerent → Cuman Confederation ⓘ

Old Great Bulgaria → precededBy → Cuman Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Onogur tribal union