[PzLdr]

The plague may haver gotten to Europe as the result of Mongol catapaults used in an attack against a Genoese trading city in the Crimea. [The Mongols had a secret alliance going back to the 1220s with the Venetians].

[Mike Darancette]

The plague may haver gotten to Europe as the result of Mongol catapaults used in an attack against a Genoese trading city in the Crimea.

For sure the plague originated in Asia.