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Julie Marks

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What started as a nonviolent uprising in 2011 escalated into a full-fledged civil war.

Protesters in Gaza

This 140-square-mile stretch of land located along the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Israel, has endured decades of protest, military operations and violence.

Employees of the New York stock Exchange checking the ticker tape, November 1929. (Credit: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images)

The stock market crash of 1929 was the worst economic event in world history. What exactly caused the stock market crash, and could it have been prevented?

The French Revolution

While the French Revolution was a complex conflict with numerous triggers and causes, the American Revolution set the stage for an effective uprising.

Osama bin Laden Take Down 2011

The operation to kill the world's most wanted terrorist was the result of years of planning and training.