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 in the Principality of Theodoro. A state named for this region targeted neighboring “wild fields” for slave raids and was granted independence from the Ottoman Empire in the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji. The Black Death began 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. For 10 points, name this Black Sea peninsula where Britain, France, and Russia fought a 19th-century war. ■END■
ANSWER: Crimean Peninsula [or Crimea; or Krym; or Qırım; accept Crimean Khanate; accept Crimean War]
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