SLSL Bolingbroke's tale

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With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903
and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for
the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over
a strip of land on either side of the structure (the
Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the
US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. 

The Panama fleet is the biggest FOC registry in the
world with the worse record. 

Septimia Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, ruled
approximately
250-275 CE and was known for her intelligence and
strategic skills. After the death
of her husband, Odenathus, Zenobia assumed control in
the name of her young son,
Vaballathus. Defeating Gallienus' forces, she took
over Syria, Bostra, Egypt, and
Asia Minor. The emperor Aurelian agreed to grant
Vaballanthus his father's rank,
but Zenobia soon declared her son to be Augustus.
Aurelian marched against and
defeated Zenobia, capturing her as well as her sons.
Aurelian lead Zenobia in
triumph, but he subsequently granted her a pension and
a villa at Tibur.

Genoa:  A city of northwest Italy on the Gulf of
Genoa, an arm of the Ligurian Sea. An ancient
settlement, Genoa flourished under the Romans and also
enjoyed great prosperity during the Crusades. Today,
it is Italy's chief port and a major commercial and
industrial center. Population, 760,300. 

Caracas:  The capital and largest city of Venezuela,
in the northern part of the country near the Caribbean
coast. It was founded by the Spanish in 1567 and grew
rapidly during the oil boom of the 1950's. Population,
3,041,000.

Ah, Bananas! 



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