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@Tatyana – How is the rat flea theory of transmission of the Black Death viewed in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet area today?
The theory dates back only to the 1890s.
It’s considered gospel truth in Britain. It’s a classic example of “scientists” herding and thinking what they’re told, with anyone who doesn’t rate it with p>0.99 viewed as a witch, misinformationist, disinformationist, etc.
The Black Death spread in Norway where there were practically no rats of the rattus rattus species outside of the ports.
@Tatyana – How is the rat flea theory of transmission of the Black Death viewed in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet area today?
The theory dates back only to the 1890s.
It’s considered gospel truth in Britain. It’s a classic example of “scientists” herding and thinking what they’re told, with anyone who doesn’t rate it with p greater than 0.99 viewed as a witch, misinformationist, disinformationist, etc.
The Black Death spread in Norway where there were practically no rats of the rattus rattus species outside of the ports.
Brian,
I mentioned Genghis Khan because the Golden Horde was part of his empire.
That guy made up children and grandchildren, and these Genghisids were rulers of successor states. E.g. the Crimean Khanate was headed by Giray Genghisid.
Russia was attacked by both the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan and later by the hordes ruled by his descendants. In short, for 300 years the Mongols, the Tatars, Tamerlane, Batu, and whoever else could figure them out, came here.
In our historiography, they were called by one common name, the Mongol-Tatars.On the northern side, there was another interesting neighbor – the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (I simplify for brevity: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Poland), who, taking advantage of the defeats that Russia suffered from the Asians, occupied Russian lands. This mess lasted until the reign of Ivan III, who began to restore the Russian state.
As for the plague, there are natural foci on the borders of Russia and the countries of Central Asia. We know that fleas living on rats, mice and hares spread it. Hares should live in Norway. And fleas seem to bite everyone, not necessarily just rats.
