It also is spread by the buboes on the bodies that rupture and spread infected pus and bloos. Throw a bunch of bodies over a wall and one will eventually infect someone inside, who will infect everyone else.
I mean… theorethically it could have helped spread it to the particular city, but I don’t think that would’ve influenced the epidemic spread of the disease much. Locked-in besieged cities would -in themselves- been prime locations for the disease to teke hold.
In fact, your own article basicly states as much:
However, there’s no reason to tie the biological attack at Caffa with the introduction of the disease.
Plaque isn’t spread by corpses, but by fleas
https://historycollection.com/mongols-used-plague-biological-weapon/
It also is spread by the buboes on the bodies that rupture and spread infected pus and bloos. Throw a bunch of bodies over a wall and one will eventually infect someone inside, who will infect everyone else.
I mean… theorethically it could have helped spread it to the particular city, but I don’t think that would’ve influenced the epidemic spread of the disease much. Locked-in besieged cities would -in themselves- been prime locations for the disease to teke hold.
In fact, your own article basicly states as much: