Nomadic range · approximate1067 – 1241 · 174 years

Cumans-Kipchaks

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (Polovtsy) in Rus' chronicles, as "Cumans" in Western sources, and as "Kipchaks" in Eastern sources.

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Borders & accuracy

Nomadic range

A pastoralist or hunter-gatherer range whose extent shifted constantly with seasons and alliances.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps
SNAPSHOT1200
POLITY TYPEnomadic-range

Wars of this empire2

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Rus-Nomad Wars1000–1240
Significant · 500K dead
Cumans-Byzantine Conflicts1050–1200
Significant · 200K dead

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1067 and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Cumans-Kipchaks (1067 – 1241). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/asia-cumans-kipchaks · Sources & methodology