Round 8: 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 England. This region was home to speakers of Gothic languages living (10[1])in the Principality (10[1])of Theodoro. (10[1])A state (10[1])named for this region targeted (10[1])neighboring “wild fields” for slave raids and was granted independence from the Ottoman Empire in the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji. (10[1])The Black Death began spreading to Europe from this region’s Genoese colony (-5[1])of Caffa. (10[1])The Battle of Alma was part of an 11-month siege targeting a naval (10[1])base in this region located at Sevastopol. For 10 points, name this Black Sea peninsula where Britain, (10[1])France, and Russia fought a 19th-century war. ■END■

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