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24 mar 2019 · These women ruled in their own names, and some even influenced their society as royal consorts. The ancient world's most powerful women leaders hailed from countries across the globe, including China, Egypt, and Greece.
- Pharaoh Amenhotep IV
She has been featured by NPR and National Geographic for her...
- Semiramis
The rest of the real history is lost, and all that remains...
- Warrior Queen
Throughout history, women have fought side by side with the...
- Chinese Empress Si Ling-Chi Discovered How to Make Silk
Breaking the Silk Monopoly . But another woman helped to...
- Olympias
Olympias (c. 375–316 BCE) was an ambitious and violent ruler...
- Boudicca
Known For: British Celtic Warrior Queen ; Also Known As:...
- Cleopatra VII
The last pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra VII (69–30 BCE, ruled...
- Mausoleum
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was a large and ornate...
- Pharaoh Amenhotep IV
26 lis 2018 · We look at how important women were to family life, what role they played in religion, and how they might make a living for themselves in a wide range of roles from sophisticated entertainers to makers of silk.
The list below includes Roman women who were notable for their family connections, or their sons or husbands, or their own actions. In the earlier periods, women came to the attention of (later) historians either as poisoners of their husbands (a very few cases), or as wives, daughters, and mothers of great men such as Scipio Africanus.
In Classical Greece, young girls usually grew up in the care of a nurse (25.78.26) and spent most of their time in the gynaikon, the women’s quarters of the house located on an upper floor. The gynaikon was where mothers nursed their children and engaged in spinning thread and weaving (31.11.10). In addition to childbearing, the weaving of ...
31 sie 2023 · Very few women ever rose to power in the kingdoms and empires of the ancient world. The handful who did, in the Near East, Asia and Europe, fought their way through significant barriers, in...
5 mar 2019 · These are just some of the women who changed the shape of Roman history through their political strategy, their romantic liaisons, their battle mettle and their roles as mothers (and thus their...
29 mar 2017 · Women in ancient Egypt had more rights than in any other ancient culture and were valued with greater respect. This is evident not only in the physical evidence and inscriptions but in their religion...
