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When did biological warfare originate?

Biological warfare dates from the late Middle Ages (A.D. c. 450–c.1500). In 1343 the Tartars (a nomadic tribe from east central Asia) used the bubonic plague, also called the Black Death, against Italians in a battle in the Crimea (present-day Ukraine). The Tartars had caught the almost-always fatal bubonic plague, which is caused by the bacteria Pasteurella pestis and passed to humans by fleas that have bitten infected rats. During the battle the Tartars attacked an Italian trading post, using catapults to launch the dead bodies of their sick comrades over the walls. Many of the enemy became ill and spread the plague to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) and from there to Western Europe.

In the twentieth century, chemicals such as mustard gas were used extensively on the battlefield in World War I (1914–18). The use of microorganisms or toxins...

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