300 BCE
Alexander the Great builds the Great Library of Alexandria, because who needs Google when you have a giant stone structure in the desert?
1204 CE
The Mongol Empire reaches its peak under Genghis Khan, because who needs borders when you have a horde of nomads on horseback?
1914 CE
World War I begins, because someone had to take down the Ottoman Empire and get their hands on some sweet, sweet colonial booty?
