women in power

14 09, 2017

Who were the Scythians? Central Asian history

By |2019-09-05T05:39:15-07:00September 14th, 2017|Central Asia|Comments Off on Who were the Scythians? Central Asian history

Scythian history: A Scythian milking a sheep (Tolstaja Mogila kurgan, Ukraine, 400 BC) Scythians lived in Central Asia The Scythians were a large group of loosely connected people who lived in [...]

11 09, 2017

Sofia Baffo and the Ottoman Empire – 1600s AD

By |2019-09-05T06:35:48-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Sofia Baffo and the Ottoman Empire – 1600s AD

Sofia Baffo Sofia Baffo - a woman in charge Sofia Baffo took control of the Ottoman Empire in 1583 AD. She ruled through her husband Murad III after her aunt and mother-in-law Nurbanu [...]

11 09, 2017

West Asian government – Ottomans and Safavids

By |2019-09-05T06:36:36-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian government – Ottomans and Safavids

Sofia Baffo (about 1600 AD) The two great kingdoms of West Asia between 1500 and 1900, the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire, were both monarchies. So they were supposed to be ruled by a single [...]

9 09, 2017

Who were the Maya? Central American history

By |2019-12-11T18:58:33-08:00September 9th, 2017|Central America, History|Comments Off on Who were the Maya? Central American history

Maya royal palace at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico (600s-700s AD) When did they get started? When the Olmec rulers began to lose control of their country about 600 BC, new leaders came forward and [...]

2 09, 2017

Agrippina the Younger – history of Rome

By |2019-01-19T11:22:49-08:00September 2nd, 2017|History, Romans|Comments Off on Agrippina the Younger – history of Rome

Agrippina the Younger. 49-50 AD. Now in Milan, in the Civic Archaeological MuseumA Who was Agrippina the Younger? Agrippina the Younger was Caligula's oldest sister, so like him she was the [...]

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