The One Ring was forged by the Dark Lord Sauron during the Second Age to gain dominion over the free peoples of Middle-earth. In disguise as Annatar, or Lord of Gifts, he aided the Elven smiths of Eregion and their leader Celebrimbor in the making of the Rings of Power.
The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board gameâs leftwing origins. In 1903, a leftwing feminist called Lizzy Magie patented the board game that we now know as Monopoly â but she never gets the credit. Lizzy Magie, inventor of the Landlordâs Game, which we now know as Monopoly, in 1936. The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board gameâs leftwing origins. In 1903, a leftwing feminist called Lizzy Magie patented the board game that we now know as Monopoly â but she never gets the credit. Now a new book aims to put that right.  Photograph: Anspach Archives.
A monopoly (from Greek Î¼ÏÎ½Î¿Ï mÃ³nos and ÏÏÎ»Îµá¿Î½ pÅleÃ®n ) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity. This contrasts with a monopsony which relates to a single entity's control of a market to purchase a good or service, and with oligopoly which consists of a few sellers dominating a market).