Packet J: Tossup 19

In this region, consul Louis Ge (“loo-ee gay”) oversaw the return of a looted fog bell in 1913. French and Icelandic sources record that Siward of Gloucester founded a settlement of Anglo-Saxon refugees in this region called New (10[1])England. (10[5]-5[1])This region was home (10[1])to speakers (10[1])of Gothic languages (10[2])living (10[1])in the Principality (10[2]-5[1])of (10[1])Theodoro. (10[22])A (10[1])state (10[2])named (10[1])for this region (10[1])targeted (10[1])neighboring “wild (10[1])fields” for slave raids and was granted independence from the Ottoman Empire in the Treaty (10[1]-5[1])of Kuchuk-Kainarji. (10[3])The Black Death (10[3])began (10[2])spreading to Europe (10[1])from this region’s (10[1]-5[1])Genoese (10[1]-5[1])colony (10[1]-5[1])of Caffa. (10[2])The Battle of Alma was part of an 11-month siege (10[1])targeting a naval (10[1])base in this region located at Sevastopol. (10[3]-5[4])For (10[1])10 points, (10[5])name this Black Sea (10[1])peninsula (10[1])where (10[1])Britain, (10[2])France, (10[1])and Russia (10[2])fought a 19th-century war. ■END■ (10[3])

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