Ancient Civilizations Timeline 🏛️ Ancient Civilizations Timeline Explore the rise and fall of great empires from 3000 BCE to 500 CE c. 3100 BCE Unification of Egypt ▼ Egyptian Pharaoh Menes unites Upper and Lower Egypt, founding the first dynasty. The legendary Pharaoh Menes (also known as Narmer) successfully conquered Lower Egypt and unified it with Upper Egypt, creating the world's first nation-state. This momentous event marked the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period and established Memphis as the capital. The unification introduced the concept of divine kingship and laid the foundation for over 3,000 years of pharaonic rule. ...
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Poetry: Personal Resemblance in Words
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"I am both Yet, I am none I am sad and also fun I am hope, dreams, and joy I am the pain of these mortal coils I am whoever I intended to be I am the sun and also the shades beneath the trees I am the hurricane I am me" — Neveen Badr, Personal Resemblance in Words
Poetry: The Nocturne by Neveen Badr
Introducing my imagination through verse Poetry. Imagination is a vassal of terrifying beliefs for it's a joy to animate thoughts into words. I have written this poem between 2006 and 2008.
Book Review: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Title: The Hobbit (There and Back again). Series: ( Middle-earth Universe). Author: J. R. R. Tolkien. Genera: Fantasy (High Fantasy). Age Group: From age 0 till 100 Publisher: Published November 2nd 1998 by HarperCollins Children's Books (first published 1937). Source: Bought Rating: 5 /5 In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo-alone and unaided-who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countrysi...
Ghosts and dark days: The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1) by Jonathan Stroud
When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. steps in. For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead, she finds herself joining the smallest, most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately, this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England and trying to escape alive. Set in a city stalked by spectres, The Screaming Staircase is the first in a chilling new series full of suspense, humour and truly terrifying ghosts. Your nights will never be the same again. — (GoodReads, 2013) This first instalment of the Lockwood & Co. series by Jonathan Stroud. It ...
Book Review: Shadow of the Knife by Richard Ayre
Jack the Ripper meets the madness of Crimson Peak. This novel is written like a classic tale, the characters are alive, and their backgrounds make justifications for their actions. This book is one of my best reads of 2021. Indeed, the historical fact clarifications were interesting as the story. The writing style and prose are strong yet delicate and sleek like precious silk. I am eager to read whatever is written by Mr Ayre. Hopefully, he will consider bringing back the main characters for more adventures. My fan cast goes to: 1. Orlando Bloom as Inspector Handy. 2. Charlie Hunnam as Dr Jarman. 3. Mia Wasikowska as Susannah. 4. Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain as The Villiers. Finally, Phrases to associate with this novel: early feminism and Sadomasochism