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When Women Ruled the World

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

When Women Ruled the World

By Kara Cooney

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About the book

This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power-brokers and rulers. But throughout human his...Show more

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ISBN

9781426219771

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

When Women Ruled the World

Format

Hardcover

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