Origin Of The Bubonic Plague Essay, Research Paper

Scholars often dispute the origin of the bubonic plague. One legend holds out

that the plague broke out in the Tarter army under Khan Djani-Beg that was

besieging the city of Caffa in the Crimea. The Khan ordered the heads of

Tarter victims hurled into Caffa to infect the defenders. Others say that the

plague broke out in China or central Asia around 1331, and during the next

fifteen years, merchants and soldiers carried it over the caravan routes until it

reached the Crimea in 1346. Some scholars believe that the plague was

endemic is southern Russia. Either way, the plague had easy access to the

Mediterranean lands and Western Europe. It spread very rapidly in Europe

because Genoese ships brought the plague to Messina, which then spread to

Sicily. By June of 1348, Venice, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Tuscany, southern

Germany, Languedoc, Spain, and England were all infected.

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