Cuman-Kipchak confederation

Cuman-Kipchak confederation appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Kazakh steppe and Semirechye (Central and North Asia) from c. 1050 to 1241 CE, a span of 191 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

A loose union of Turkic nomads that ruled the steppe from the Irtysh to the Danube, which Muslim writers called the Dasht-i Kipchak. The Mongols crushed them between 1236 and 1241, and their language became the speech of the Golden Horde.

See Cuman-Kipchak confederation on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 1050 to 1241 CE

Duration

191 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Kazakh steppe and Semirechye, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Came from

• Kimek Khaganate c. 743 to 1035 CE

Became

• Golden Horde 1242 to 1502 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1141 Battle of Qatwan
• 1206 Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan
• 1220 Mongols sack Bukhara and Samarkand

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Mongol Empire 1206 to 1368 CE
• Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho c. 843 to 1335 CE
• Kara-Khanid Khanate c. 840 to 1212 CE
• Liao dynasty 916 to 1125 CE
• Khwarazmian Empire 1077 to 1231 CE
• Chagatai Khanate 1225 to 1370 CE
• Seljuk Empire (Khorasan) 1037 to 1157 CE
• Kara-Khitai 1124 to 1218 CE
• Yenisei Kyrgyz c. 550 to 1207 CE
• Oghuz Yabgu State c. 750 to 1055 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa

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