A problem is that correlating a Eurasian outbreak around that time with a Mongol attack should be really easy because they conquered everywhere. But yeah Mong

A problem is that correlating a Eurasian outbreak around that time with a Mongol attack should be really easy because they conquered everywhere. But yeah Mongolians still like to eat marmot and they still get plague occasionally. Perhaps that was the inspiration for the hypothesis as well? But maybe it's true. Who knows. The fearsome marmot eating plague bearing all conquering horde...