Pechenegs

Overview

The Pechenegs or Patzinaks, also known as Pecheneg Turks, were a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia who spoke the Pecheneg language. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Pechenegs controlled much of the steppes of southeast Europe and the Crimean Peninsula. In the 9th century, the Pechenegs began a period of wars against Rus', and for more than two centuries launched raids into the lands of Rus', which sometimes escalated into full-scale wars.

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Borders & accuracy

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

• SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
• DETAILhand-traced-from:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechenegs
• SNAPSHOT950 CE
• POLITY TYPEnomadic-range

Pecheneg Patzinakia c. 950 CE per Constantine VII De Administrando Imperio: lower Danube east through Pontic steppe to the Volga/Ural region.

Wars of this empire4

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

• Pechenegs Wars with Byzantium1064–1122
  Significant · 100K dead
• Kievan Rus' wars of succession1015–1113
  Regional
• Battle of Alta1068
  Regional
• Battle of Mount Leburnion1091
  Regional