The spread of the plague from Caffa to Europe had catastrophic consequences. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between 30% and 60% of Europe's population over the next few …

Jul 28, 2018 · The Black Death was a plague which had been ravaging Central Asia since 1331, it was said to be caused by Yersinia Pestis and is present in fleas carried by rodents. It traveled …

Jul 16, 2010 · The Black Death, which swept through Europe, the Near East, and North Africa in the mid-14th century, was probably the greatest public health disaster in recorded history and …

Aug 10, 2023 · Known as the Black Death, the bubonic plague crippled Europe when it arrived in 1347, killing perhaps 50 million people. If de Mussi’s tale were true, the Mongol siege had …

Sep 29, 2023 · By early 1346, Mongol forces were already three years into their siege of the Crimean port city of Kaffa when their soldiers started coming down with a deadly disease. The …

Dec 29, 2023 · The Siege of Caffa was a pivotal event in the history of the Western world, likely being responsible for the introduction of the Black Death to Europe, which wiped out up to half …

Jan 14, 2021 · It stems from a siege of a Genoese controlled port of Caffa, which is located on the coast of Crimea and is now called Feodosia. According to Mussi, the Mongols had been laying …

Jun 28, 2012 · The first stage of the Black Death among Europeans was said to begin with the whoosh of a Mongol trebuchet. Gabriele De’ Mussi, a lawyer from near Genoa writing in about …

Additionally, the research tries to define the chronological framework of the event, which was allegedly occurred during Janibeg’s last siege of Caffa, as well as to clarify the chronology and …

Introduction: The Black Death, which swept through Europe, the Near East, and North Africa in the mid-14th century, was probably the greatest public health disaster in recorded history and …