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History of Pirates In one of my favorite video games, that I play, Civilization 7, the developers of the game just added a pirate leader and a pirate civilization, this made me more interested in pirates; something that I do not know much about. Pirates are cool, however I don’t know much about them, so I wanted to learn more. Most of what I know of pirates comes from The Pirates of the Caribbean movie. This book was meant to be something that I could do to learn more. Pira

England; Income Inequality in the British Empire in the 18th century In the 18th century in the United States, the typical maid (in London) would make ~ 5 dollars a year.  [1]  The typical teacher would make ~ 16 dollars a year. [2]  The difference between these two professions leads to a 3.2x difference between a housemaid and a teacher. The typical teacher in the same place as back then (London) nowadays would be between 32,000 pounds and 49,000 pounds on average.   On aver

World War II was a key point for America because it changed the world order, which changed the course of American history. The United States became stronger and more powerful: it was also responsible for creating international institutions, which led to the new world order. Some of these institutions include the International Criminal Court, NATO, and the World Trade Organization. The other major impacts caused by WW2 include: a Communist versus Democracy axis and creating th

World War II was a pivotal turning point for America, transforming it and the rest of the world. America during this period grew stronger; it was also responsible for creating international institutions that contributed to the emergence of the new World Order. Other impacts include creating a Communist versus Democracy axis and finally creating the state of Israel. The Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst industrialized age recession in modern history. Th

World War Two was an important turning point for America and the world. America grew in strength and became more powerful; it also created international institutions that led to the new World Order. Other impacts include creating a Communist versus Democracy axis and finally creating the state of Isreal. The Cause of WW2 World War Two was an afterward to WW1. World War Two was caused by the treaty of Versailles, Germany invading Poland on September 1 st , 1939, and Germany d

Roman Calvary Roman General Marcus Aurelius Gladiator was published on May 5th, 2000. Gladiator won five Oscars and was ranked one of the best movies of the 21st century. It grossed 466 million dollars, making it the second biggest hit of the year 2000. Gladiator was ranked #39 on the best movies of all time. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.5 and a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 79%. Gladiator is a movie that follows Maximus Meridius, played by Russel Crowe, a Roman General w

The Wolf of Wall Street is a three hour cinematic masterpiece based in NYC. It was published first in 2013. The Wolf of Wall Street was banned in seven countries and is not even easy to watch in the United States currently. The movie is based on Jordon Belfort, a stock-broker who joined a major broker firm in the 1990's. Shortly after this brokerage firm goes bankrupt. He then founds his own brokerage firm, called Stratton Oakmont, which is partly involved in illegal activi

World War II was an important turning point for America and for the rest of the world. It increased America’s power; it also created the circumstances that led America to found many of the modern-day world organizations. Other impacts include creating a Communist versus Democracy axis and, finally, creating the state of Israel. America became a world power after WW2 because it got America out of the Great Depression, because it increased America’s manufacturing capabilities,

World War II is an important turning point for America and the World. America became significantly more powerful; it also established international institutions that contributed to the emergence of the new World Order. Other impacts include creating a Communist versus Democracy axis and also creating the state of Israel.  World War I and World War II were mass casualty events, bringing different groups of world powers to fight each other. The Soviet Union was created first b

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Vietnam War

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Panama Fever – The Panama Canal Part – 9 I wanted to read about the Panama Canal because it’s my aunt’s dream to take a cruise on the...

Panama Canal Part 8 I wanted to read about the Panama Canal because it’s my aunt’s dream to take a cruise on the Panama Canal before she...