"Women Warriors in Prehistory and the Ancient World " Topic
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Tango01 | 15 Oct 2016 12:08 p.m. PST |
"The Rig-Veda, an ancient sacred poem of India, written between 3500 and 1800 BC recounts the story of a warrior, Queen Vishpla, who lost her leg in battle, was fitted with an iron prosthesis, and returned to battle. Between 1570 and 1546 BC Queen Aahhotep I (or Ahhotep or Ahotep) of Egypt led armies against Thebes and helped to unite Egypt under one rule. (sources Ancient Egyptian History Dynasties XII to XVII and History of the Copts) On the walls of Hittite fortresses dating to 1300 BC paintings of woman warriors carrying axes and swords…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
Piyan Glupak | 15 Oct 2016 11:31 p.m. PST |
An interesting find. Thank you. I have a feeling that quite a lot of early societies had a minority of women warriors. (Perhaps less so in ancient Italy and Greece.) I understand that one of the terms of "Law of the Innocents" of 697AD was to restrict or abolish the use of female soldiers. link |
Tango01 | 16 Oct 2016 2:58 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend.! (smile) Amicalement Armand
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