 Still, the relationship between the Kanglys, the Kangars, and the Kangaris~Kengeres (allies of the Eastern Turk Khaghanate against the Western Turk Khaganate), if any, is still unclear.After the fall of the Pecheneg Khanate in the early 10th century, the role of the Kankalis became prominent.Different Pontic Steppe's Turkic nomadic peoples , who might have been separate and distinct earlier, would eventually become assimilated into each other by the 13th century.