Queen Hatshepsut Cathy Villa Professor Volpe HUM100 Keiser University Queen Hatshepsut Queen Hatshepsut was known as the first woman to be declared king by the priests of Amun. It is a mystery as to why after her death her remains still seem to conclusively not found. Queen Hatshepsut was indeed a woman; however her sculptures depict a different look as she was disguised as a man always wearing a false beard which was the traditional symbol of the king’s power and majesty. The reason Hatshepsut became Queen was because she married her half brother Thutmose II. When her husband died his son Thutmose III became next to the throne but because he was a baby Hatshepsut became co-ruler of Egypt.
Darius was the only Persian king marrying the women of the previous king to establish legitimacy and authority over Persia. Herodotus gives us a great deal of information about Atossa , the daughter of Cyrus and wife of Cambyses and Gaumata before marrying Darius, she was also the mother of Xerxes. Supported by other source Darius gained power through his marriages to all the female descendants of Cyrus, probably so that they could not marry anyone else who might challenge his leadership. This portrays the role of royal women, although women did not have political influence they instead helped to protect their family. Unlike royal women non-royal women were mentioned in the treasury tablets from Persepolis as weavers or stone workers.
The Theory of Queen Hatshepsut Casscilla Cosby Professor Dodson HUMM100 May 5, 2013 Hatshepsut was born around 1502 BC to Thutmose I and Ahmose who were royalty and Thutmose I was Pharaoh at birth. Sadly enough her only two sibling were killed in an accident, which put her in a position to take charge of the kingdom after her father died. This put her in a most unusual situation because very few women had ever become pharaohs. However, Hatshepsut was highly favored by her parents more than her brothers, she was beautiful and had a much needed charismatic personality (Sayre, 2011). Thus, aside from her being a female, she had the strong makings needed to become a powerful queen.
Her claims however, are deemed as dubious due to a lack of evidence, and are counterposed by the fact that for Thutmose I to appoint her, he would have had to neglect traditional patriarchal protocol when anointing his future heir. Finally, Hatshepsut’s role as wife and daughter of deceased pharaohs gave her the necessary experience, knowledge and duty to rule to stabilise the Dynasty and rule of Thutmose III. Hatshepsut stepped up to stabilise the nation and Dynasty due to personal experience and ambition, and religious justifications were required for this kingship to occur. Hatshepsut’s position as both the daughter of Thutmose I and alleged daughter of Amun led to the idea that she had a stronger claim to the throne then Thutmose III. Amun-re was the most highly lauded God in Egypt during the 18th dynasty, due to the Hyksos’ removal being attributed to Amun.
Nefertiti Nefertiti is one of the most famous women of the ancient world, and was the chief wife of the "heretic" Pharaoh Akhenaten. It is unclear who Nefertiti´s parents were. They may have been of noble or common birth, and may even have been foreign nationals. It is sometimes suggested that Nefertiti was the daughter of Tiye and Amenhotep III (making her a sister or step-sister of Akhenaten). However, she is not referred to as the King´s Daughter, so this is unlikely.
This theory speculated that Tutankhamun’s famous Mask was not originally made for him but was in fact stolen from his stepmother Nefertiti’s tomb and reconstructed to fit the boy king. The theory was put forth by Joann Fletcher. One of the major pieces of evidence for this theory is on the mask itself. On the inside of the mask there are remnants of an old mask that has perhaps been turned inside out and re-decorated to suit the boy king Tutankhamun. Another major piece of evidence to support this theory is the tomb of who they believe to be Nefertiti.
She is the woman who taught her everything she needed to know about running an empire. Anna Dalassena is also the king’s (her son) most trusted advisor. She rules through him to get what she wants, and she expects she will do the same thing when it is her granddaughter’s time to rule, but when Anna Comnena proves she will not be manipulated, Anna Dalassena turns to somebody else will not mind being a puppet. John Comnena is Anna’s little brother, and when he was first born, Anna was still going to be the heir to the throne. But when their father (the emperor at the time) decided that Anna was unworthy of the throne, he chose John as his successor.
World politics today have an unequal division that delegates who may or may not obtain the power. Certain labels such as masculinity and femininity associated with gender and sex tend to make one sex weaker than the other. Going form the begging of human history the word 'power' was always associated with great male figures, however, the history had seen a lot of exceptions when women showed themselves as a great rulers. Some of them are remembered for their strength, courage, or honor, or even for their treachery. If one character could stand out in Egyptian history, none other would be so worthy as Cleopatra would, the Queen of Nile, as well as Elizabeth Petrovna the third empress of Russia if taking a look at the Russian history.
One cannot assess to role of queens to the development of New Kingdom Egypt as all of the Queens were so different in their contributions. To generalise and say “the queen’s” would not be a proper assessment of the influence however by looking individual at their contributions a deeper understanding of what it meant to be a queen can be fathomed. Whilst not all three queens reigned during the New Kingdom, all three made contributions that would help establish this new Kingdom. Tetisheri and Ahhotep ruled during the second intermediate period, whilst Ahmose Nefeteri was the first queen of the 18th Dynasty, thus the first queen of New Kingdom Egypt with her husband Ahmose. This new Kingdom was new for a reason as it was a new royal line on the throne following the expulsion of the Hyksos.
ANCIENT ROMAN WOMEN Roman aristocratic women influenced politics, but they could not serve as magistrates, senators, or military commanders. During the empire, the wives of emperors began to wield more power than women had ever held before. Livia, the wife of Augustus, advised her husband for 51 years of marriage before living her last 15 years under the rule of her son, Tiberius. She was deeply devoted to her husband and family and only appeared in public to display the virtues of a Roman matron, which included chastity, modesty, frugality, loyalty, and dignity. Behind the scenes, Livia and Augustus were extremely close, and she played a part in his important decisions, although some sources unfairly portray her as the