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
XI AND XII DYNASTIES: The Middle Kingdom marks a bright new period in the history of Ancient Egypt . AROUND 2060 B.C. AD Triumph of Mentuhotep I: Mentuhotep I extends his power over Lower Egypt and unite the country again. He waged war in the neighboring countries, in the northeast against the
Egypt has been, throughout its history, a target of different processes of unification and invasion. Contrary to what we usually study, these invasions took place during other moments before the domination of the Romans in the 1st century or the European nations in the 19th century. Thus, the crises
FROM THE 21st TO THE 25th DYNASTY: During the late period , Egypt of the pharaohs begins a slow decline because the evolution of the country becomes too slow compared to the rest of the world. The Egyptians find it difficult to adapt to the changing environment and they are being supplanted and d