What significant historical event occurred prior to thomas hobbes' writing of leviathan? what is the meaning of this title?

A significant historical event that occurred prior to Thomas Hobbes' writing of Leviathan is the English Civil War that pitted Parliament and King Charles I. The title Leviathan is significant as it makes reference to an absolute monarchy which Hobbes deemed necessary in organizing of society. A Leviathan is a sea-monster that consumes anything in its way of control

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.