| Title | : | Ancient Female Rulers: Women Who Ruled the World (3500 Years Ago) |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Audiobook |
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| Publication | : | Published January 1, 2021 |
Complex societies are inherently based on masculine dominance, forcing female rulers to resort to familiar methods to gain power. Some female rulers, like Cleopatra, used their sexuality to gain access to important men and bear them children. Many, like Sobeknefru, only ruled at the end of a dynasty, after the male line had run out, or, like Britain's Boudica, in the midst of civil war. Sometimes, a woman was the only effective leader left after drawn-out battles against imperial aggression. Some women, like Hatshepsut, gained their position as the regent and helper of a masculine king who was too young to rule.
Almost no evidence of successful, long-term female leaders exists from the ancient world. Only the female king of Egypt, Hatshepsut, was able to take on formal power for any considerable length of time, and even she had to share power with a male ruler. Given this social reality, how then did Hatshepsut negotiate her leadership role? Why did she ascend the throne as a king? How are we to find this woman's power when it is cloaked by traditional patriarchal systems? This lecture will work through the ample evidence for Hatshepsut's reign in an attempt to find the woman behind the statues, monuments, stelae, and obelisks.
This audio lecture includes a supplemental PDF.
Ancient Female Rulers: Women Who Ruled the World (3500 Years Ago) Reviews
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This is a short lecture about women in power, it is more on Egypt then anything else but the opening gives a good idea on what women face when trying to hold roles of power in the past and modern world. Some of witch I didn't think about but is very true other I could never find the words to describe the difference on when a male runs for a seat of power then when a female runs for that same seat.
The one thing that became evident was that she would say, 'as you see' or various other forms that clearly showed this was a lecture that had slides that would be helpful but she did explain well enough to where that wasn't as big of a deal. You got the idea of her point.
At the end I found this being less then an hour long was to short for me and wanted to hear more or take one of her classes. But I am happy to see she has written 3 books about Egypt and 2 have to deal with women rulers from the title. -
There's a clear time limit on this so it's in a bit of a rush. I'd say if you interested in this topic more in-depth you should check out the author's other book "When Women Ruled the World", but if you have a causal interest this is perfect.
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What I was able to receive from the library was an ebook but come to find out it was a film and it was a College professor giving the lecture.
I was impressed and learned quite a bit BUT I definitely prefer either a physical book or an EBook. -
This is a thoroughly interesting lecture. It had a lot of information dispersed in a lively and entertaining talk.
Listened using Chirpbooks.com. -
interesting premise I'm not really into Egyptian History it's rushed through but I realize the instructor only
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Very interesting and I am intrigued to learn more about these ancient female rulers.
