Did pirates really exist in previous eras?

Some. Somali pirates are a group of criminals who specialize in robbing ships of other countries at sea. With the outbreak of the Somali civil war in 1991, piracy in the Gulf of Aden became more frequent, and there were many hijackings and violent injuries to crew members.

There are four major groups of Somali pirates: the Puntland Guard, the National Coastal Volunteer Guardians, Melka, and the Somali sailors.

In November 2009, Somali pirates were named Time Magazine's 2009 Person of the Year. On April 11, 2011, the United Nations Security Council decided to establish special tribunals inside and outside Somalia to try suspected acts of piracy in the waters off Somalia.

In March 2017, the European Union Navy said in a statement that they had contacted the tanker's captain, who confirmed that a group of armed men had boarded the ship. The hijacked cruise ship Aris 13, owned by a company in the United Arab Emirates, flew the flag of the African country of Comoros and carried eight sailors from Sri Lanka.

On the 14th, EUFOR, which carried out anti-piracy operations in the waters off Somalia, announced that pirates who had hijacked an oil tanker in the waters on Monday demanded a ransom; However, the pirates said that the amount of the ransom had not yet been decided.

Oh Somalia! Many countries around the world are at war, and human beings have been at war for thousands of years, and there are only about a few hundred years without greeting. Either this country fights, or which country fights.

So bandits, bandits, pirates almost all of them. There have been many wars in Southeast Asia before. Now it's peace!

Africa too, full of mercenaries. Naturally, there are many kinds of assemblies, and they all need money.

Needless to say, the Arab region. There are many wars. It's not peaceful. But there are no pirates if they are not close to the sea, or if they are not a traffic artery. Somalia is just close to the sea and a major transportation route.

Piracy has a long history, with recorded piracy dating back to the 14th century BC, but perhaps piracy existed around the time of ships. The term piracy was first used by the Roman historian Polybius in 140 BC, and the Greek historian Brudak defined "pirates" around 100 AD, and pirates were those who illegally attacked ships and coastal cities. <

Piracy has a long history, with recorded piracy dating back to the 14th century BC, but perhaps piracy existed around the time of ships. The term piracy was first used by the Roman historian Polybius in 140 BC, and the Greek historian Brudecus defined the term "pirate" around 100 AD, and pirates were those who illegally attacked ships and coastal cities. In the ancient Roman period, the Romans were troubled by the pirates, even in the era of the Roman Empire, the momentum of the pirates was not suppressed, but had a ** trend, and finally under the leadership of General Pompey, the Roman army went to the Mediterranean, so that the Mediterranean was temporarily calm.