TITLE:        How the Mongols Accidentally Spread the Bubonic Plague 🐀
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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The Mongol soldiers loaded catapults with dead bodies and hurled them over

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The Mongol soldiers loaded catapults with dead bodies and hurled them over the walls of the fortress in 1346. You see, when the Mongols wanted to capture the trading port of Kafa, the bubanic plague struck their camps, killing hundreds of Mongols within days. In complete desperation, they started throwing the bodies of their dead comrades over the walls of the enemy's fortress, which caused the plague to spread inside the city. And when the surviving merchants escaped on ships, they took the plague with them. So while the Mongols successfully conquered the city, the bubanic plague killed 60% of Europe's population within the next 5

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[000.00] The Mongol soldiers loaded catapults
[001.92] with dead bodies and hurled them over
[003.52] the walls of the fortress in 1346. You
[006.24] see, when the Mongols wanted to capture
[007.84] the trading port of Kafa, the bubanic
[009.84] plague struck their camps, killing
[011.60] hundreds of Mongols within days. In
[013.60] complete desperation, they started
[015.20] throwing the bodies of their dead
[016.56] comrades over the walls of the enemy's
[018.32] fortress, which caused the plague to
[020.00] spread inside the city. And when the
[021.60] surviving merchants escaped on ships,
[023.44] they took the plague with them. So while
[024.96] the Mongols successfully conquered the
[026.56] city, the bubanic plague killed 60% of
[028.96] Europe's population within the next 5
