Cumans (Byzantine Greek: Κο(υ)μάνοι, Ko(u)manoi; ; Turkic: kuman / plural kumanlar) were a nomadic Turkic people who inhabited a shifting area north of the Black Sea known as Cumania along the Volga River. They eventually settled to the west of the Black Sea, influencing the politics of Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Moldavia, and Wallachia. Cuman is an exonym for the western Kipchak tribes living in Central Europe and the Balkans. The Cumans were nomadic warr… (More on Cuman)