Mediterranean Sea: A Historical Battle Royale

The Mediterranean Sea was the absolute wildest battle royale in human history. For centuries,

this wasn't just water, it was a chessboard where empires rose and crumbled.

First, Rome splits and Constantinople becomes the unbreachable fortress of the

East. Then, almost overnight, Islam rises and sweeps across North

Africa all the way to Spain. But it gets weirder because Vikings actually sail down

and conquer Sicily. Then come the Crusades, where knights, sultans, and merchants clash

over the Holy Land. It was total chaos, but this exact conflict created the massive trade networks that

actually built our modern world.