Episode 4 - Plague & Pestilence - Siege of Kaffa

<p>In 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 sick fell quickly, suffering high fevers and grotesque inflammation, and vomiting blood before dying. </p> <p>Listen to learn about the siege of Kaffa, which may have been the origin of the Black Death in Europe.</p> <p><a href='https://allthatsinteresting.com/when-did-the-black-plague-start'>https://allthatsinteresting.com/when-did-the-black-plague-start</a></p> <p> </p> <p>credits: <a href='https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-credits'>https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-credits</a></p> <p> </p>