Also Known As:
Polovtsy (Russian); Kuman or Cuman (Byzantine); Kipchak Mongols; Turan Khuwarizm
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Definition:
A Turkic tribal confederation that ruled parts of Eurasia between the 9th and 13th centuries AD, the Kipchak were primarily nomadic pastoralists. The Kipchak were also rumored to have been the bringer of the Black Death to the Crimea by, it is said, using infected corpses as cannon fodder.
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• Black Death
Agriculture and Pastoralism
Sustaining ourselves is one of the major preoccupations of humankind; hence, the invention of agriculture and herding animals.
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