The story of the Zong remains etched upon the annals of maritime history as a chilling testament to human cruelty. In 1781, this British slave ship, laden with hundreds of captive Africans bound for the Caribbean, embarked on a gruesome voyage that would end in a tragedy of unspeakable proportions. Driven by avarice and indifference to human life,

The mighty Colossus, once a sprawling nation stretching from Spain to Persia|the vast stretches of North Africa, was not immune to the inevitable march of time. Seeds of decay were sown in its very core, festering over centuries and inevitably leading to its abrupt demise. {Internal strife|divisions within the empire proved a formidable foe, sapp