Wikipedia Trail: Aesop's Fables to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

Since it will be my reading next week, I'll start on the Wikipedia page for Aesop's Fables. I hope I can begin to familiarize myself with the stories before I begin reading. From here I learned that Aesop is thought to have been a slave in Ancient Greece, so the next page I clicked on was Slavery in Ancient Greece. This article covered some of the differences in Greek Slavery and the more recent chattel style of slavery from American History. I was already somewhat familiar with this topic from my American History course at OU. I didn't know, however, that some Greek slaves were captured by pirates, and I figured reading up on Piracy would be interesting. I learned that pirates still steal an estimated $16 billion per year. From here, I went to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. Somalia is a hotbed of modern piracy, below you can see a map of the effected area.

Map of area effected by Somali Piracy, Wikipedia