WOMEN’S ACCESS TO POLITICAL POWER IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND IGBOLAND: A CRITICAL STUDY A Dissertation Submitted to the Temple University Graduate Board In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY by Antwanisha V. Alameen January 2013 Examining Committee Members: Dr. Molefi Kete Asante‚ Advisory Chair‚ African American Studies Dr. Ama Mazama‚ African American Studies Dr. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon‚ Theater Dr. Adisa Alkebulan‚ External Member
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Ambum Stone 10. Tlatilco female figurine 11. Terra cotta fragment Ancient Mediterranean 12. White Temple and Ziggurat 13. Palette of King Narmer 14. Statue of votive figures‚ from the Square Temple at Eshnunna 15. Seated Scribe 16. Standard of Ur 17. Great Pyramida and Great Sphinx 18. King Menkaura and Queen 19. The Code of Hammurabi 20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall 21. Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut 22. Akhenaton‚ Nefertiti & Three Daughters 23. Tutankhamun’s Tomb innermost coffin 24. Last Judgment
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Ancient Egyptian and Greek statues have many similarities. Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude is an Egyptian statue from 1473-1458 BCE. It is almost 8 feet tall and almost 2.5 feet wide. It is made of granite and is a statue of Queen Hatshepsut‚ the wife of Tutmose III‚ one of the most dynamic egyptian kings of the eighteenth dynasty. The Marble Statue of a Kouros (youth) is an Archaic Greek statue from 590-680 BCE. It is a little over 6 feet tall and about 20 inches at its widest. It is the representation
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feminine hips and exaggerated features. Early images of Nefertiti show a stereotypical young woman‚ but in later ones she is a near mirror image of Akhenaten. Her final depictions reveal a regal but realistic figure. On the walls of tombs and temples built during Akhenaten’s reign Nefertiti is depicted alongside her husband with a frequency seen for no other Egyptian queen. In many cases
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Explain the rise of civilization in one of the following locations: Ancient Egypt‚ Indus River Valley‚ or Mesopotamia. Egypt‚ otherwise known as the “Gift of the Nile”‚ started as small villages along the great Nile River‚ and slowly became greater to the point of city-states‚ and eventually a great empire. The small villages evolved into the thriving civilization by three major doings; commercial trade along the river influencing and ultimately boosting their economy‚ architecture that has lasted
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Hatshepsut was the first female ruler of Egypt. During her reign‚ the Egyptians believed that as a female ruler she had put maat‚ the most important balance of Egypt in danger. Golda Meir‚ the first female Israeli Prime Minister‚ was thought to put the country in danger at the beginning of her leadership. In this essay I will compare‚ contrast and analyze how these two female leaders helped their countries succeed‚ and were successful in maintaining and conceiving maat. Hatshepsut and Golda Meir
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PHARAOH WHO CONQUERED THE SEA This video show us a recreation of a very important trip to the Land of Punt‚ using only ancient techniques. Land of Punt was conquered by the first woman who reign Egypt 3500 years ago‚ queen Hatshepsut. The video said that before Hatshepsut became pharaoh‚ she was a princess and then she became regent when her half-brother died. Egypt will accept a women? Yes. She became an spectacular metamorphosis with a false beard‚ with the Pharaohns Crown and having good relationships
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The Tomb of Amenhotep II‚ is located in Valley of the Kings‚ in the East Valley‚ Thebes West Bank. Amenhotep II is the son of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut‚ and he was born and raised in Memphis (Redford‚ 2005). Thutmose III raised Amenhotep II to possess strength‚ sportsmanship skill‚ and knowledge of war tactics (Redford‚ 2005). He served as coregent with his father for approximately 2 years before taking the throne at around age 18. Amenhotep II had several wives‚ however‚ two routinely
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that situation a family could rule for a long time . But in Egypt they had priests to tell the pharaoh what to do‚ and then the pharaoh would get the scribe to write what he or she wanted to tell the public. Now the pharaohs in order are Hatshepsut which was the first women to rule in Egypt at that time period then her son Thutmose was a pharaoh. The most famous Pharaoh was the youngest was King Tutamen. The Economy in egypt wasvery great because people
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Historical Context Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Dominated by the Nile River Key facts about the Nile: - 7000km in length - formed from 3 rivers; the white Nile‚ the Blue Nile and the Atbara - Flows north towards the Mediterranean sea - broken up in 6 places by impenetrable rocky outcrops and rapids known as cataracts - Consists of three sections * narrow 800km stretch
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