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Volcanic Eruption Set the Stage for the Black Death, Researchers Find - Medievalists.net

A massive mid-14th-century volcanic eruption caused cooling, crop failures, and altered grain trade that helped introduce Yersinia pestis to Mediterranean ports.
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Mieszko I and the Making of Medieval Poland - Medievalists.net

Mieszko I unified Slavic tribes into the foundation of the Polish state through leadership, trade networks, and military power in tenth-century Central Europe.
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