Cuman-Kipchak Confederation

Cuman-Kipchak Confederation
Desht-i Qipchaq
Khanate
900–1220
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Kipchak–Cuman confederation in Eurasia on the eve of the Mongol invasions, c. 1200.
Capital		Not specified
Languages		Turkic language (Kipchak)
Religion		Tengrism
Political structure		Khanate
History
•	Established	900
•	Disestablished	1220
Preceded by Succeeded by Kimek Khanate Khazaria Mongol Empire

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The name Cumania originated as the Latin exonym for the Cuman-Kipchak confederation, which was a Turkic confederation in the western part of the Eurasian Steppe, between the 10th and 13th centuries. The confederation was dominated by two Turkic nomadic tribes: the Cumans (also known as the Polovtsians or Folban) and the Kipchaks. Cumania was known in Islamic sources as Desht-i Qipchaq, which means "Steppe of the Kipchaks"; or "foreign land sheltering the Kipchaks", in the Turkic languages. Russian sources have referred to Cumania as the "Polovtsian Steppe" (Poloveckaja Step), or the "Polovcian Plain" (Pole Poloveckoe).