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Misunderstandings of the transmission of the Black Death to Western Europe : a critical review of De Mussis’s account [PDF]

open access: yesUisahak, 2021
This article aims to critically review de Mussis’s report of the events at Caffa. De Mussi says in his account that Tartars catapulted their dead compatriots infected by the plague into the besieged city of Caffa in order to contaminate the Genoese ...
Jongkuk NAM
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Binary-Phase vs. Frequency Modulated Radar Measured Performances for Automotive Applications [PDF]

open access: yesSensors, 2023
Radars have been widely deployed in cars in recent years, for advanced driving assistance systems. The most popular and studied modulated waveform for automotive radar is the frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW), due to FMCW radar technology’s ease
Mattia Caffa   +2 more
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Enhancing endocrine therapy activity via fasting cycles: biological rationale and clinical feasibility [PDF]

open access: yesMolecular & Cellular Oncology, 2021
We found that periodic fasting increases the anti-cancer activity of endocrine agents used to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancer and delays acquired resistance to them by reducing blood leptin, insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1 ...
Irene Caffa, Alessio Nencioni
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«Кафский логос» Шильтбергера / “Caffa’s logos” of Schiltberger

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Крыма, 2019
This article makes a comparative analyses of the Caffa's description in the manuscripts of Hans Schiltberger’s essay and incunabula. Here were reviewed the Heidelberg’s, Baden’s, and Munich’s manuscripts from the late 15th century, and also three ...
A.G. Emanov
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Travelers’ notes (14th–15th centures) about the town of Caffa [PDF]

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2015
The author offers accounts of 14th – 15th century travelers about the medieval city of Caffa on the Crimean Peninsula, such as by Ibn Batuta, an anonymous Venetian traveler, Johannes Schiltberger, Gilbert de Lannnoy, Pero Tafur, Gilles le Bouvier ...
Sergei G. Bocharov
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Biological Warfare at the 1346 Siege of Caffa

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
On the basis of a 14th-century account by the Genoese Gabriele de’ Mussi, the Black Death is widely believed to have reached Europe from the Crimea as the result of a biological warfare attack.
Mark Wheelis
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A Letter of Ladizlaus, the Franciscan Custodian of Gazaria (Caffa, April 10, 1287). [PDF]

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2017
The following letter of Friar Ladizlaus, Franciscan Custodian of Gazaria (that is, of the Northern Black Sea region), contains an interesting description of the collision between Catholic missionaries and Muslim residents of Solkhat. In his letter, Friar
Roman Hautala
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Caffa as Thalassopoliteia: The Genesis of the Civic “Maritime Identity” in a Late Medieval City

open access: yesИзвестия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2023
In this article, the author deals with the formation of Caffa by the end of the fourteenth century as the leading thalassopoliteia in the Black Sea region, when the head of the city of Caffa became “the ruler of the whole Black Sea” at the same time. The 
Alexander Georgievich Emanov
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The Loss and Reacquisition of Caffa: The Status of the Geno­ese Entrepôt within the Borders of the Golden Horde

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2021
Research objectives: To analyze both the circumstances of the armed conflict of Genoese Caffa with the troops of the Golden Horde ruler, Toqta Khan, in 1307–1308, which ended with the temporary expulsion of Italian merchants from the Jöchid territory ...
Hautala R.
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Trade and Diplomacy in the Autumn of Crimea (1768-1769)

open access: yesAvrasya İncelemeleri Dergisi, 2023
This study explores trade and commercial diplomacy in Crimea just before the Ottoman–Russian War (1768–1774). During this period, the Black maintained its status quo, effectively remaining closed to foreign-flagged ships.
Ensar Köse
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