When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 142622088X ISBN13: 9781426220883 Release Date: February 2020 Publisher: National Geographic Society Length: 400 Pages Weight: 0.45 lbs. Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0" This riveting paperback explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra, and shines a piercing light on perceptions of powerful women 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 history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in male-dominated societies. Why did ancient Egypt provide women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liber