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The Punic Wars had a number of important impacts to the Roman society and politics. ... A result of the first Punic War and the Romans was the decisive naval victory against the Carthaginians at the Aegate Islands. This gave Rome full control of Sicily and Corsica.
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Christopher Columbus may have stumbled upon the Americas, but his accidental discovery has changed the course of history.
The Italian explorer's travels bridged the gap between Europe and the New World, but his curiosity also marked the beginning of centuries of transatlantic colonization.
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the doctrine of "separate but equal" was permissible under the US Constitution.
This was later overruled in Brown v. Board of Education.
