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Uppity Women of Ancient Times
Uppity Women of Ancient Times
Author: Vicki Leon
In a witty and informative way, Vicki Leon profiles 150 women who made their mark around the Mediterranean between 2800 B.C. and 450 A.D.--3,200 years of history from a female vantage point. Among those featured are the Assyrian queen of Babylon who is credited with inventing trousers and the Queen of Kish who began her career as a bar owner. Ph...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781567312492
ISBN-10: 1567312497
Publication Date: 4/1998
Pages: 239
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3.8 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: Fine Communications
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3
Okay, you've heard of Sappho, Nefertiti, maybe even the pharaoh Hatshepsut and the warrior queen Tomyris. But what about the murderous Macedonian queen Arsinoe, the Talmudic teacher Beruria, the Greek priestess Lysimache, or Audata-Eurydice, Philip of Macedon's horse-riding Illyrian queen? And then there is Kisaya, a Sumerian slave who sued for the right to choose her own husband. Leon has collected hundreds of historical women's names and the facts about the lives of those who bore them. Where very little is known, she fleshes out the text with fascinating cultural tidbits. Rendered in a zippy tone, such stuff makes delightful reading.
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Great facts, really interesting, really juicy tidbits! Only little thing I personally didn't like a lot was the at-times-ultra-cool-and-hip style of the narrative. :)
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200 uproarious pirates, pyramid builders, poets, poisoners, panderers, power brokers, and princesses. Full of piquant details on sex, sports, madness, celebrities, gossip, and gore, Uppity Women of Ancient Times excavates a treasure of little-known or long-suppressed facts about biblical babes, classical consorts, and Mesopotamian maids for the armchair archaeologist in all of us. It is sure to inspire women to take history into their own hands.
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some of the highlights of this collection of wild women from way back when.


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