There were NO 2012 predictions, not by the Mayans, Nostradamus, or anyone else until modern scam artists invented them to support their 2012 doomsday hoax. You can read about the various doomsayers and their silly claims at the website below. Also, listen to Dr. David Morrison, NASA Senior Scientist, talk about 2012.
There aren't any. They were made up by a small handful of authors with books to sell. Including the "Mayan" one.
The actual Mayans have no end-of-world prediction, and have prophecies that go way past 2012. http://www.2012hoax.org/ http://2012hoax.net/ http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astr... http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/ That last one was written when the 2012 predictions were 2003 predictions.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.