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The Last Queens of Egypt

Author : Sally-Ann Ashton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317868729

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The Last Queens of Egypt by Sally-Ann Ashton Pdf

The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who ruled Egypt for 300 years, Cleopatra is the most famous of the Ptolemaic queens. But what of her predecessors? The Last Queens of Egypt examines the roles played by the Ptolemaic royal women and explores their part in religion, politics and court intrigue. Explaining their propensity for incest, murder and power, Sally Ann Ashton shows the extent of the power they enjoyed, the price they paid, and how they shaped Cleopatra's reign.

Cleopatra

Author : Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847650443

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Cleopatra by Joyce Tyldesley Pdf

She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony were as much to do with politics as the heart), she steered her kingdom through impossibly taxing internal problems and railed against greedy Roman imperialism. Stripping away preconceptions as old as her Roman enemies, Joyce Tyldesley uses all her skills as an Egyptologist to give us this magnificent biography.

The Last Queens of Egypt

Author : Sally-Ann Ashton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317868736

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The Last Queens of Egypt by Sally-Ann Ashton Pdf

The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who ruled Egypt for 300 years, Cleopatra is the most famous of the Ptolemaic queens. But what of her predecessors? The Last Queens of Egypt examines the roles played by the Ptolemaic royal women and explores their part in religion, politics and court intrigue. Explaining their propensity for incest, murder and power, Sally Ann Ashton shows the extent of the power they enjoyed, the price they paid, and how they shaped Cleopatra's reign.

When Women Ruled the World

Author : Kara Cooney
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781426219788

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When Women Ruled the World by Kara Cooney Pdf

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 history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided 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 liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today's world learn from its example? Celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney delivers a fascinating tale of female power, exploring the reasons why it has seldom been allowed through the ages, and why we should care.

Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt

Author : Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015066864474

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Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley Pdf

An illustrated study of the queens of ancient Egypt ranges from the early dynastic period to the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, offering a biographical portrait of each queen, along with information on the era in which she lived and her influence on Egyptian history.

Cleopatra and Egypt

Author : Sally-Ann Ashton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444301519

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Cleopatra and Egypt by Sally-Ann Ashton Pdf

This beautifully illustrated new biography of Cleopatra draws on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence to paint an intimate and compelling portrait of the most famous Queen of Egypt. Deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth Examines Greek, Roman, and Egyptian representations of Cleopatra Considers how she was viewed by her contemporaries and how she presented herself Incorporates the author’s recent field work at a temple of Cleopatra in Alexandria Beautifully illustrated with over 40 images

Cleopatra

Author : Susan Blackaby
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402765401

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Cleopatra by Susan Blackaby Pdf

An air of mystcry surrounds Cleopatra. A record of her reign as queen of Egypt simply doesn't exist and we must piece together her story from fragments, artifacts, and historical writings. Was she a selfish, extravagant, and overly ambitious tyrant? Or was she a patriotic advocate for her people with the courage to stand up to those who held power in Rome? Cleopatra spent her reign fighting for her right to rule and struggling to maintain Egypt's independence. Love, power, and political advantage became intertwined as Cleopatra aligned herself with the dominant political figures of her time. These partnerships both helped and hurt her beloved Egypt. So who was Cleopatra? Her motives may be open to debate, but it cannot be denied that she was a savvy political mastermind, a powerful queen, and a force to be reckoned with - in any age. Book jacket.

History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt

Author : Jacob Abbott
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781605208183

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History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt by Jacob Abbott Pdf

Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with the greatest interest. To them I am indebted for about all the historical knowledge I have." Considered what we would now call "young adult" literature, this collection, first published between 1848 and 1871, was designed to present a clear, distinct, connected narrative of the lives of the great figures of world history, those people who have been most influential, at least as American author and educator JACOB ABBOTT (1803-1879) saw it from his 19th-century perspective. Wildly popular and republished many times under different collected names, this replica set mimics the 1904 reprint known as the "Makers of History" series. It will delight students of history as well as show the scholar how history telling has changed over the last few centuries. More than 30 other volumes in the series are also available from Cosimo Classics. This volume, dating from 1851, covers Egyptian queen Cleopatra (69Bi30Be, from before her ascension to the throne to her relationships with Caesar and Antony, the Alexandrine War, and much more.

Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt

Author : Aidan Dodson
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781649031686

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Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt by Aidan Dodson Pdf

Egypt's sun queen magnificently revealed in a new book by renowned Egyptologist, Aidan Dodson During the last half of the fourteenth century BC, Egypt was perhaps at the height of its prosperity. It was against this background that the “Amarna Revolution” occurred. Throughout, its instigator, King Akhenaten, had at his side his Great Wife, Nefertiti. When a painted bust of the queen found at Amarna in 1912 was first revealed to the public in the 1920s, it soon became one of the great artistic icons of the world. Nefertiti's name and face are perhaps the best known of any royal woman of ancient Egypt and one of the best recognized figures of antiquity, but her image has come in many ways to overshadow the woman herself. Nefertiti’s current world dominion as a cultural and artistic icon presents an interesting contrast with the way in which she was actively written out of history soon after her own death. This book explores what we can reconstruct of the life of the queen, tracing the way in which she and her image emerged in the wake of the first tentative decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs during the 1820s–1840s, and then took on the world over the next century and beyond. All indications are that her final fate was a tragic one, but although every effort was made to wipe out Nefertiti's memory after her death, modern archaeology has rescued the queen-pharaoh from obscurity and set her on the road to today’s international status.

CLEOPATRA

Author : The History Hour
Publisher : Kolme Korkeudet Oy
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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CLEOPATRA by The History Hour Pdf

Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, nominally survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. She was also a diplomat, naval commander, polyglot, and medical author. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder, Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Inside you’ll read about • Rome comes to Egypt • Sibling rivalry • Caesar and Cleopatra • Assassination • Antony and Cleopatra • An Alexandrian idyll • Dusk approaches And much more! Julius Caesar maintained a private affair with Cleopatra that produced a son, Caesarion (Ptolemy XV). When Caesar was assassinated Cleopatra attempted to have Caesarion named as his heir, but this fell instead to Caesar’s grandnephew Octavian. In the Liberators’ civil war Cleopatra sided with the Roman Second Triumvirate formed by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Cleopatra had an affair with Antony that would eventually produce three children: Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene II, and Ptolemy Philadelphus. Octavian’s forces invaded Egypt and defeated those of Antony, leading to his suicide. When Cleopatra learned that Octavian planned to bring her to Rome for his triumphal procession, she committed suicide by poisoning, the popular belief being that she was bitten by an asp.

The Lost Queen of Egypt

Author : Lucile Morrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948959151

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Cleopatra

Author : Susan Walker,Sally-Ann Ashton
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015069320961

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Cleopatra by Susan Walker,Sally-Ann Ashton Pdf

In this text, the authors look at the historical Cleopatra, at images of Cleopatra as a Greek queen and as ruler of Egypt, at contemporary perceptions of her and at how we see her today.

Hatshepsut, from Queen to Pharaoh

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture, Egyptian
ISBN : 9781588391735

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Hatshepsut, from Queen to Pharaoh by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

A fascinating look at the artistically productive reign of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh in ancient Egypt

Cleopatra

Author : Margaret M. Miles
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520243675

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Cleopatra by Margaret M. Miles Pdf

The essays in this volume address Cleopatra's life and legacy, presenting fresh examinations of her decisions and actions, the influence of contemporary Egyptian culture on Rome, and the enduring Roman fascination with her story, which thrives even today.

Cleopatra

Author : Susan Blackaby
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1442000120

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Cleopatra by Susan Blackaby Pdf

Profiles the last queen of Egypt, who gained and maintained power over her kingdom through her alliance with Julius Caesar and later Marc Antony.