The answer i know is ancient Greek
The Tet Offensive<span>, televised nightly in the U.S., shocked many Americans who previously had the idea the U.S. was easily taking care of the enemy. U.S. forces eventually pushed the North Vietnamese forces back and inflicted huge casualties on them, but the impact the fighting had on U.S. public opinion was equally huge.</span>
General Francisco Franco.
He soon became the dictator of Spain and was the youngest general in Europe in the 1920's.
It was important to them because they earned money and since they didn't pay their slaves, they even gained more money. When they started to outlaw slavery southern states refused to give their slaves freedom because they earned money.