Pharah Cleopatra

In contrary previously, “the government officials and officers were chosen from the families of nobility, and generally through official recommendations” and Empress Wu carried on the tradition of the Tang Dynasty of skill over connection when receiving a job or a promotion. This proved that she believed in merit of a government and wanted the best for the Chinese government and the Chinese people. The ideas of merit within a government were an honorable act of a leader. However, many nobles did not like the ideas of meritocracy in the government, especially when the orders on how the government was going to run was coming from a woman. Many of the noble people believed that Empress Wu was trying to crush families with a good name, money, and connections.

The Demonization of Empress Dowager Cixi Empress Dowager Cixi effectively ruled over the Qing Dynasty (modern day China) for 47 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908. In a time when the Celestial Empire was crumbling, she pulled the strings of her puppet emperors and held it together as best she could but has been made a scapegoat by historians for matters that were out of her control. Republicans have also used the Empress Dowager as a scapegoat to discredit the dynasty after its fall. In reality, the Empress Dowager had many successes during her reign; China had its first victory in modern diplomacy at the Treaty of Saint Petersburg in 1881, modernisation of the Imperial Army and founding a national naval force, she set out a plan to combat

Ancient Egyptian leaders typically tend to be of the more commonly known leaders of the ancient world; probably because they’ve left behind such a vast amount of archaeological artifacts and written history for us to study compared to many ancient civilizations. But even so, the influence of ancient Egyptian women is often vaguely discussed or reduced to their failures and promiscuity. The commonly highlighted women in history are the ones that can be categorized alongside characters such as, Julia, daughter of Octavian, who was exiled for being a harlot, or Cleopatra is well known for her flings with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, faced military defeat, committed suicide, and became the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty. While Hatshepsut was not the first or last woman to become regent or ruler of Egypt, she was the only to do so during in a time of peace, without direct blood to the boy king, and within the margins of religious and ideological constraints, all whilst walking a fine line as not to be seen as, “self motivated”. She upheld important roles her entire life and was a strategic and effective ruler.

Evaluate the changing interpretations of Hatshepsut Hatshepsut, daughter of King Thutmose I and the pharaoh of Egypt, is a controversial figure who instigated diverse interpretations from historians over the years. As the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt who had ruled over twenty years in the 14th century B.C., Hatshepsut contributed greatly in her building program and had ensured the economic prosperity of Egypt during her reign after the death of her husband, Thomose II. Despite her achievements, Hatshepsut still remains to be a questionable personality to historians, evident in both ancient and modern interpretation of her in relation to her royal image and her involvement in foreign campaigns. In Ancient Egypt, the royal image

The aspects in which made Egypt great were Queen Hatshepsut, the geography of the region and their architectural advancements. Queen Hatshepsut influenced Egypt in many great ways in which made the nation prosper. She married her half-brother, Tutmose II, and upon his death, his young son Tutmose III, ruled Egypt alongside Hatshepsut. Queen Hatshepsut “in a bold move… seized the throne for herself and gained the backing of

Hatshepsut was considered to be the first importance woman who ruled long-term over Egypt as a king in ancient Egypt .She belonged to the 18th dynasty of pharaohs. Evenmore remahkably, Hatshepsut achieved her power without bloodshed or social trauma. The name of her meant “the foremost of women”.(Ellen 8 ).Likes her name, she would not only become” the foremost of women” but the foremost of all people in the kingdom for 22 years.

`Do you know about Cleopatra and her life? Well, Cleopatra was born a princess but turned queen around 17/18 years old. She was best known for being the last pharaoh of Egypt. She made a big impact on egypt. Cleopatra was very educated when she was younger.

Through diplomacy and her long affair with Julius Caesar, Cleopatra worked to maintain a measure of independence for Egypt and power for herself and her dynasty. After the death of Caesar, her romantic alliance switched to his supporter Mark Antony. Together, Cleopatra and Antony challenged Rome, now under the leadership of Octavian, for control of the eastern Mediterranean. Their disastrous defeat at the Battle of Actium sent them retreating to Egypt to await the final wrath of Octavian as he pursued his

Women in the Song Dynasty This part will evoke women’s life and rights in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty is often seen as the start of the decline of women status in the Chinese society: a revival of Confucianism led women political role to be reduced, as well as their public appearance compared to Tang Dynasty. The practice of foot binding also started in the Song Dynasty. However, women also enjoyed new and reinforced property rights, and social mobility and political influence were not completely impossible to achieve. Indeed, there are several examples of some lower class women managing to get considerable power by providing pleasure to the higher spheres of the Imperial Court.

She showed intelligence when she was second-in-command because she had grown to the top of pharaoh. Hatshepsut showed intelligence in paragraph eleven, when the author states, “A few women had tried to rule Egypt before, but never with such a valid claim to the throne or at such a time of peace and prosperity.” This quote states that Hatshepsut was better than the other women pharaohs and was smarter. Another way that Hatshepsut showed intelligence was that she could have expanded Egypt’s borders through war and conquest.

Strong alliances helped Cleopatra gain the control of Egypt and its people. Although her alliances had a hand in her personal life it still gave her the dominance most ruler

Yes, she served politically as well, but there was no other motive. She only wanted to make Egypt an eminence amongst the other countries, and to follow her family’s legacy as the dynasty of Egypt’s rulers. Her main goals were to unify her country by stabilizing it and to enlarge her territories. She also managed to take all the power from her brother(s) and become the sole ruler of Egypt. This is important because it proves that she really was an ambitious leader.

Since the fortune had it that Rome’s imperial regime was born from her defeat, Cleopatra played the role, as a unique as it was involuntary, of link between the Hellenistic and the Roman world. Her relationships with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony permanently have impacted on Ancient Rome and Egypt. Her being with Caesar and Anthony led to deaths, Cleopatra had been part of Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony deaths. He began to make unwise decisions. Cleopatra was thus heir to a line of determined women who were often the object of sincere devotion on the part of the Egyptian people of inept or discredited.

I connected FU HAO to the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut. She was one of the first female pharaohs and ruled over her people for 20 years. Some believe that Hatshepsut was one of the most successful rulers of her time. I felt as if she shared some similarities to FU HAO because she held important roles not usually given to females, and after her husband had died she assumed full power. Hatshepsut focused on ensuring economic prosperity, building and restoring monuments.

Cleopatra’s Influence on the Roman Empire Cleopatra VII has become one of the most well-known ruler and Egyptian in era of the Roman Empire because of her suppose beauty, cunning personality and her influence on the Roman Republic which turned into an Empire shortly after her death. While she is not Roman citizen herself, her relations with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony are what brought her influence of power into Roman society and expanded her own in Egypt. Just like any ruler in history she sought power which was not something easily done as a woman in that time, however primary sources such as Josephus and Cassius Dio often do not refer to her as a great ruler, but as a seductress