HIST 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cleopatra, Northern Wei, Hua Mulan
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Durga: hindu warrior goddess, protective mother goddess, willing to unleash violence for construction, important concept, use of violence to create. Cleopatra vii philopator (69-30 bce: she was the patriotist of nature, fought against rome. Shammuramat, assyrian queen: through manipulation of the court, she was able to overrule the king and she raged wars against her neighbours, able to defeat babylon, she created/credited to creating the hanging gardens of babylon. 169-269) war with korea, 200: ambition to conquer korea, she was pregnant when she engaged in these battles, defeated 3 kingdoms, expanded the area of japan. 60/61?: a celtic queen, she was ruling the north of england, fought against the romans and was defeated, roman historian cassius dio, regonition of extreme violence, misogyny, depict them as barbarians. Queen amina (c. 1533-1610) of zazzau (now zaria, nigeria: led an army of 20, 000 soldiers, built cities and trade routes, xena, warrior princess was named after her.