William Shakespeare was born in 1564. He lived in a small town that his father was the mayor of. However when a troupe of actors came through the village young will was fascinated by all of the of the plays and the actors. When he was 18 years old he married Anne Hathaway who was 26 at the time. They had 3 kids. Then historians lost track of Shakespeare. However he popped back up in London and built a theater. He became one of the most popular playwrights of his time. Then the Black Death forced all theaters to shut down.

While Shakespeare was not writing plays in London he was making poems in the countryside. Then when he opened back up in London his land load demanded extremely high rent prices at the theater. After he was kicked off then Shakespeare and his troupe of Actors took apart the globe and rebuilt it in a new location. Then one day he heard that his son Hammett had died. Because of this he gave his family a new house. Then he wrote Hamlet as a  way to honor his son’s memory. He continued his play career until his death on April 23rd 1616. To this day his works continue to fascinate us.

You rose up to the mighty beast of Apartheid
And was willing to give your freedom for them
Your story is one of greatness and inspires hope in all our hearts
Even though I have not felt the lash of Apartheid
There are still those who have and thank you for you efforts

The entire world has a place for you in their hearts.
You impact everybody in the world for the better
Now you have lived your life.
But you still impact us, even in death.
You raised your voice for freedom.
Now we lift our voices in mourning

Thank you Nelson Mandela for all of the brave and noble scarifies that you made for freedom. We will never forget you.

WWI was a battlefield that brought with it a loss of life, but it also brought about the use of many great inventions. The aircraft carrier, guide dogs, and blood banks were all made during this time. But one of the most important inventions, towering over all, was the tank. Tanks were created to stop trench warfare and the tens of thousands of deaths that it resulted in during this time. The British were first to build a tank as a solution to get past the trench warfare battle strategy. When the tank was developed, they also needed to develop  strategies to use them.The creation of tanks during WWI changed the battlefield forever, ending trench warfare and bringing on greater mobility with new strategies for battle.

The bloody battles of WWI created trench warfare, and it was this terrible fighting that caused the need to create the tank as a solution. The trench-warfare battle-strategy was where troops dug out trenches and hid inside the trenches with guns. The troops would line the trenches with barbed wire and put this wire in front of the trenches to slow the enemy down. Trench warefare would make the enemy an easier target to shoot at. Trench warfare allowed the dug-in troops to keep their position and the enemy could not expand their territory.

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