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Barbarossa Red Beard and the Barbary Pirates
The article recounts ancient piracy in the Mediterranean led by Barbarossa the Red Beard, born Uruj on Lesbos, who established Tunisian base in 1504, captured papal and Spanish ships, and faced US and European power as naval forces rose. It also tells of Angora Timor sultan piracy against East India Company ships, including Hastings dispatches, the St George, and eventual retirement in Ceylon. The piece frames piracy as a royal pastime for some rulers and notes the complex outcomes of these sea raiders.
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Poibavs
Sistory
Pirat
Asia Minor
Rome
Julius Caesar
Tme
Mediterranean
Barbarossa
Red Beard
Uruj
Lesbos
Aegean Sea
Ted Beard
Tunis
United States Navy
Julius II
Genoa
Bourd
Umu
Spain
Bujeya
Red
Algiers
Charles Y
Batt
Timor
East Indies
Angora
East India Company
Hastings
Warren Hastings
Calcutta
Anora
Burma
Oltan
Bombay
East Andia Company
Victorious
Trincomalee
Geylon
East [Asia Company