First Step: Hook your reader into wanting to read your article. You could tell a story or use a quote. You might relate the past to modern events or your readers' lives. Introduce the event and basic facts like people and places. Use at least three to five sentences. Barbary War

I say use a question or an interesting fact that happened during/before the Barbary War to catch their attention.

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Did you know...

It's crazy that...

in 476 c.e. romulus, the last of the roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the germanic leader odoacer, who became the first barbarian to rule in rome. the order that the roman empire had brought to western europe for 1000 years was no more.