Steppe traditions and cultural assimilation of a nomadic people: the Cumanians in Hungary in the 13th–14th century

The Carpathian Basin, the western end of the Eurasian steppe, was the last station in the wandering of nomadic peoples several times in history. Though the development and consolidation of the central and eastern European states put a stop to major popular movements from the 10th century, different nomadic peoples arrived from the East on the Pontus steppe one after the other: the Petchenegs, Uzes and Cumanians. The culture of all of these peoples was of central Asian origin.