Cuman

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Turkic people

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cumanī	1
Kumans	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people ⓘ
alliedWith	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kipchak NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuman NERFINISHED ⓘ Kun NERFINISHED ⓘ Polovtsi NERFINISHED ⓘ Polovtsian NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
defeatedBy	Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
descendantGroup	Crimean Tatars NERFINISHED ⓘ Csángós NERFINISHED ⓘ Cumans in Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Gagauz NERFINISHED ⓘ Karakalpaks NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhs NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	pastoral nomadism ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Eurasian steppe ⓘ
foughtWith	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Rus' principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Bulgarian nobility ⓘ Hungarian nobility ⓘ Rus' military tactics ⓘ
integratedInto	Golden Horde NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterReligion	Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
legacy	Cuman place names in Hungary ⓘ Cuman place names in Romania ⓘ Cumania (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunság (Cuman district in Hungary) NERFINISHED ⓘ
migratedTo	Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Rus' principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
militarySpecialization	mounted archery ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mohi NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Kalka River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cuman–Kipchak confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Black Sea regional politics ⓘ medieval Eastern European politics ⓘ medieval steppe warfare ⓘ
region	Black Sea steppe ⓘ Eurasian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Tengrism NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStructure	tribal confederation ⓘ
spoke	Cuman language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kipchak language NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
usedAs	auxiliary cavalry ⓘ mercenaries ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Cuman people → alsoKnownAs → Cuman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kumans

Cumania region in medieval Hungary → ethnicCharacter → Cuman ⓘ

Anna Polovetskaya → ethnicOrigin → Cuman ⓘ

Gurandukht (Cuman princess) → ethnicOrigin → Cuman ⓘ

Terter dynasty → ethnicOrigin → Cuman ⓘ

Comani → ethnonymInLatinSources → Cuman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cumanī

Stephen V of Hungary → spouseEthnicOrigin → Cuman ⓘ