Most were prospectors and pretty much everyone in general everyone wanted a little bit of gold you know.
The Lusitania lead to U.S. entry in to WWI because they didn't like Germany's submarine warfare.
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It is perhaps surprising to learn that the Roman Empire is only around the 28th largest in history. It punches above its weight in terms of influence. Its sheer physical size shouldn’t be underestimated, however. It grew to around 1.93 million square miles, containing about 21 per cent of the world’s population (by an estimate) at its greatest extent in the early second century.
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