Question

This region was home to the Greek-speaking Gothic state of Theodoro. (20[9])Suleiman (20[2])the Magnificent’s (20[1])wife (20[1])Roxelana (20[1])was trafficked through a city (20[1])in this region (0[1])whose (20[1])slave trade was controlled by Devlet I Giray (“ghee-rye”). A khanate based in this region called Little Tartary (20[1])was the (20[1])longest-surviving successor state to the Golden Horde. The Black Plague (0[1])entered Europe via (20[1])corpses lobbed (20[2])into this region’s (20[1])Genoese (20[1])colony (0[1])of Kaffa. (0[1])(*) Fake villages along the Dnieper (0[2])(“d’NEE-pur”) in this region (10[1]0[1])were built by Gregory Potemkin to woo Catherine the Great after its peaceful annexation. (0[1])A war named for this region included the Charge of the Light Brigade. (10[2])The Russian Black Sea fleet is based out of (10[1])Sevastopol (10[1])in, for 10 points, what (10[1])peninsula? (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Crimea [or the Crimean Peninsula; or Tauris or Taurica or Tauric Peninsula; accept Crimean War or Krym khakhad aral; accept Crimean Tatars or Qirimtatarlar; accept the Crimean Khanate; accept Southern Crimea; prompt on the Black Sea before mentioned]
<Ganon Evans, History - European - 1500-1900&gt; ~25858~ &lt;Editor: Michael Bentley>
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Ethan BositaSt. Mark'sBelmont1020
Jonah HubertDunbarWilliam Fremd1020
Hari VeginatiStevenson AHinsdale Central1020
Prahalad RaoSolonKinkaid1020
Addison BakerWalter PaytonJohns Creek B1020
C. SchenkelWashingtonLake Highland1020
Sam KonkelJohns Creek AMaggie Walker A1020
Donovan JensenBelvidereCincinnati Hills Christian1020
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtHunter AWinston Churchill A1020
Costas PavlouDetroit Country DayBarrington A1120
Miles SierraWaukeeNorris1120
Safal SapkotaElkhorn NorthStevenson B1320
Shawn SyedUniversity LabTroy1420
Eric HuMaggie Walker BWest Point1520
Brian ZhouThomas Jefferson DWinnebago2020
Deven HagenThomas Jefferson ARockford Auburn A230
Christian AllenDallas CountyRichard Montgomery2420
Jack MangrumInnovation Academy ACarbondale4120
Martin AmesChattahoochee BCarl Sandburg4320
William YaoBarrington BMidtown530
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CChoate Rosemary Hall5620
Ryan FitzgeraldNorthmont AChattahoochee A5820
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaCanyon Crest5820
Brenden StremlerMaggie Walker CLincoln-Way East6120
Chris GoolsbyDetroit Catholic Central CHoover B6220
Kritanu SahaMercer CountyDetroit Catholic Central B630
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy BNorman650
Puna EkkaNew BrightonWinston Churchill B700
Ryan ZhangThomas Jefferson BWoodland700
Bryce CruiseHeightsMexico730
Aristuto PaulParkway WestIrvington A7310
Eden BlakemoreJohn Adams AJohn Adams B870
Rushil MurikinatiPlymouthDetroit Catholic Central A10010
Luke SnyderRockford Auburn BNorthmont B10010
Charles HeydtMidtownBarrington B10910
Lucas JraicheDetroit Catholic Central BMercer County11010
Ren GiustiNormanInnovation Academy B11510
Ulden GaoWinston Churchill BNew Brighton11610
Jesse RabbittJohn Adams BJohn Adams A11610
Camden WilliamsMexicoHeights1170
Alex CrowellRockford Auburn AThomas Jefferson A11710
Evan LinWoodlandThomas Jefferson B11710
Ayan KohliHunter BSaint Joseph1310