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The black plague had always been around in central asia, but the first time europeans were introduced to it was when Genoans in the Crimea came under attack in 1347 by a tribe of nomadic Asiatics known as the Kipchaks (semitic turks). While besieging the white outpost, the Kipchaks deliberately lobbed plague-infected human corpses into the town by catapult.
Some of the survivors who were infected retreated into Europe, spreading the disease.
They say it was rats and fleas, but the reality is that rats do not migrate thousands of miles. Humans spread it. Maybe it was fleas on humans, who then spread to the rats, but in either case, patient-zero was a human who didn't wash.
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[–] zxcvzxcv 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The black plague had always been around in central asia, but the first time europeans were introduced to it was when Genoans in the Crimea came under attack in 1347 by a tribe of nomadic Asiatics known as the Kipchaks (semitic turks). While besieging the white outpost, the Kipchaks deliberately lobbed plague-infected human corpses into the town by catapult.
Some of the survivors who were infected retreated into Europe, spreading the disease.
They say it was rats and fleas, but the reality is that rats do not migrate thousands of miles. Humans spread it. Maybe it was fleas on humans, who then spread to the rats, but in either case, patient-zero was a human who didn't wash.
[–] ExpertShitposter [S] ago
Interesting.