The Torks were ancient Turkics probably from a number of different tribes who in the 11th century c. e. migrated into eastern and central Europe. Their movement into Europe followed that of the fellow Turkic-speaking Pechenegs.
Some Pechenegs joined the Torks in a confederacy in Russia called chenrye Klobuki (Black Hoods). The Torks became known in the region as merchants. In 1036 people identified as Torks helped the Rus defeat the Pechenegs.
THURINGI
Location:
Central Germany
Time period:
Fourth to sixth century c. e.
Ancestry:
Germanic
Language:
Germanic
TORKS
Location:
Eastern and central Europe
Time period:
11th to 13th century c. e.
Ancestry:
Turkic
Language:
Turkic
TORNEDALIANS
Location:
Norbotten in northern Sweden
Time period:
After first century C. E. to present
Ancestry:
Finno-Ugrian
Language:
Meankieli (Finnic)
TREVERI
Location:
Around Trier in western Germany
Time period:
Fifth century b. c.e. to fifth century c. E.
Ancestry:
Celtic and Germanic language:
Celtic and Germanic
The Torks and related Oguz Turks (Southwestern Turkic-speaking groups) are thought to be ancestral to the Gagauz and Crimean Turks. Some among the Oguz tribes, possibly including Torks, migrated into southern Asia and there formed the Seljuk Empire stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River from the 11th through the 13 th century
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