The natives were shot for fun, their hands were cut off, they were boiled alive. For years, no one believed that the famous story Heart of Darkness was based on facts. And the colonial reality was even more brutal. However, there were people who took up the fight against cruelty. Joseph Conrad be
FROM THE XVIIITH TO THE XXTH DYNASTY: The pharaohs of the New Kingdom usher in a period of prosperity unprecedented. They are elite soldiers and put the military first. They secure borders and strengthen diplomatic ties with their neighbours. They invade the surrounding regions and build a vast emp
The Berlin Conference , proposed by the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), was a meeting between countries to divide the African continent. The imperialist nations of the 19th century were present:United States, Russia, Great Britain, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland
Formal protests. Mass demonstrations. Attacks. Publishing images of Muhammad, especially caricatured images, almost always provokes violent reactions from Muslims around the world. Why? Does religion really prohibit the followers of Islam from creating images of the Prophet? In September 2005, t