The 17th-century Dutch tulip mania remains one of history's most renowned stock market bubbles. Speculation in tulip bulbs led to a craze, with prices soaring to staggering heights before crashing dramatically. Another notable example is the South Sea Bubble of the early 18th century in Britain, where investors were lured by extravagant promises of wealth from trading in South American companies. The roaring 1920s saw the infamous Wall Street Crash of 1929, resulting in widespread economic devastation. More recently, the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s captivated investors, only to burst with disastrous consequences.