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Pecheneg Khanates
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| 860–1091 | |||||||||
Pecheneg Khanates and neighboring territories, c.1030
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| Status | Khanate | ||||||||
| Common languages | Pecheneg | ||||||||
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• Established
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860 | ||||||||
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• Disestablished
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1091 | ||||||||
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Eastern Europe, showing the area of main Pecheneg settlement, c.1015.
The Pechenegs or Patzinaks (Turkish: Peçenekler, Hungarian: Besenyő, Greek: Patzinaki/Petsenegi or Πατζινάκοι/Πετσενέγοι/Πατζινακίται, Latin: Pacinacae, Bisseni /in Hungarian diplomas) were a semi-nomadic Turkic people of the Central Asian steppes speaking the Pecheneg language which belonged to the Turkic language family.
Images for kids
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Map of Southeastern Europe, c. 1040–70. Pechenegs are called by the alternate name Patzinaks.
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Tamga of Pecheneg tribe as per Abul-Ghazi's «Genealogy of Turkmens»
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Sviatoslav enters Bulgaria with Pecheneg allies, from the Constantine Manasses Chronicle.
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The Pechenegs slaughter the "Scyths" of Sviatoslav I of Kiev.
See also
In Spanish: Pechenego para niños
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