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 (10[1])to speakers of Gothic languages living in the Principality of Theodoro. (10[2])A state named (10[1])for this region (10[1])targeted 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 (10[1])spreading to Europe from this region’s Genoese colony of Caffa. The Battle of Alma was part of an 11-month siege targeting a naval base in this region located at Sevastopol. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Black Sea peninsula where Britain, France, and Russia fought a 19th-century war. ■END■

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