Was there really a siege of Kaffa by the Mongols in 1346 the first biological war? And what was the aftermath?

On the basis of the 14th century manuscript by the Genoese Gabriele de’ Mussi many historians widely believe that plague called the Black Death had to have reached European continent from the port city of Kaffa (modern-day Theodosia) on the Crimea peninsula as a result of a biological warfare by the...

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Main Author: Christensen Carsten Sander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches 2024-12-01
Series:Studia Humanitatis
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Online Access:https://st-hum.ru/en/node/1368/
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