Essays / Compare/Contrast news story from the last year to historical event/era before the 1500s [2]

recent events in relation to a distant past

Hi, I'm trying to find a connection between a news story recent times (past year) that can relate to an event/era before the 1500s. I was going to use the recent attack in Egypt at the Mosque, which killed over 250 innocent people, but I'm not sue what kinds of connections I can make. I know the Origins of Islam were before the 1500s, so if that is a viable thing to right about please inform me further. i was also going thinking of writing about Universities since they were first created in the middle ages. Here is the prompt, and thanks, in advance, to anyone that inputs!

There are many critical international issues happening in the world today that are directly related to historical
events or eras we've discussed in this class. For this assignment you must find a recent news article (from a
credible source - email me if you are unsure of a source) about a current event and write a paper about how the
article relates to an event or era discussed in this class. This is not an informative paper, but rather you must use
critical thinking to discuss how the current event is related to the history we've discussed and how it differs...