The Zong: A Stain on Maritime History

The story of the Zong casts a shadow over the annals of maritime history as a chilling testament to human cruelty. In 1781, this British slave ship, laden with hundreds of captive Africans transported to the Caribbean, embarked on a gruesome voyage that would result in a tragedy of unspeakable proportions. Driven by avarice and indifference to huma

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A Decline and Fall of the Roman Colossus

The mighty Colossus, once a sprawling nation stretching from Spain to Persia|the vast stretches of North Africa, was not immune to the tidesof fate of time. Seeds of decline were sown in its very core, festering over centuries and inevitably leading to its precipitous fall. {Internal strife|constant power struggles proved a formidable foe, underm

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