Women are powerful, and they have always been powerful! From Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut in 1482 B.C. to Borjana Kristo, president of the fledgling Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007, women have determined the destinies of people and nations.
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Nefertiti
b. 1379 - d. 1330 B.C.
Queen in Ancient Egypt
Queen of Sheba (Ethiopia/Yemen)
Sammu-ramat
c. 811-807 BCE
Queen of Assyria
Wu Zeitian
b. 625 - d. 705
Empress of China
690-705
Queen of Silla (Korea)
7th century
Lady Ix Yo K'in
6th century
Ruler of Tikal (Guatemala)
Artemisia I
5th century B.C.
Queen and Admiral of Helicarnassus (Southern Turkey)
Amestris
5th century B.C.
Queen of Persia (Iran)
Kuwerami
4th century B.C.
Queen of the Waytharly Kingdom (Myanmar-Burma)
Leader of the Nabatan (Arabia)
Cleopatra VII
b. 69- d. 30 B.C.
Queen of Egypt
51 B.C. - 30 B.C.
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Catherine de' Medici
b.1519 - d. 1589
Queen Consort and Queen Regent of France
1547 - 1589
Queen of England
1553-1558
Isabella I
b. 1451- d. 1504
Queen of Spain
1474-1504
Margaret I
b. 1353 - d.1412
Queen of Denmark (and Norway and Sweden)
1375-1412
Radiyya Iltutmish
b. 13th century
Sultana in Northern India
1236-1240
Sugala Devi
b. 12th century
Queen/Rebellion Leader in Sri Lanka
Lilavati
b. Late 12th century and early 13th century
Queen Regnant of Sri Lanka
The Trung Sisters
b. 12 - d. 43
Warriors in Vietnam
Queen of the Iceni in England
Queen of Yamataikoku (Japan)
Army Leader/Warrior in Vietnam
Empress of Byzantium (Turkey)
Snake Lady of Palenque (Mexico)
Imperial Ruler of Japan
b. 544 - d. 628
Pramodo Vardhani
9th century
Queen Regnant of Central Java (Indonesia)
Queen of Kofuru (Nigeria)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
b. 1122- d. 1204
Queen Consort of France and England
Amina Sarauniya Zazzua
b. 1533 - d.1610
Queen of Zazzua (Nigeria)
Elizabeth I
b. 1533 - d. 1603
Queen of England
1558-1603
Noor Jahan
b. 1577 - d. 1645
Mughal Empress (India)
Anne of Austria
b. 1601 - d. 1666
Queen of France and Navarre
1615-1666
Christina
b. 1626 - d. 1689
Queen of Sweden
1632-1654
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
1702-1714
Catherine I
b. 1684 - d. 1727
Empress of all the Russias
1725-1727
Catherine the Great
b. 1729 - d.1796
Empress of All the Russias
1762-1796
Maria Theresa of Austria
b. 1717-1780
Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
1740-1780
Elizabeth Petrovna
b. 1709 - d. 1762
Empress of all the Russias
1741-1762
