Warrior Women Volume 2

Warrior Women Volume 2

Will Roberts

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2023
Materia
Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9781312714847
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Twenty more stories from Will Roberts of courageous women who led men into battle, including:Ching Shih, a prostitute from the Guandong province of China, became the leader of the Red Fleet of pirate ships. With more than one thousand, the largest fleet of pirate ships the world has seen and accumulated vast wealth on a remarkable journey.Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae, a tribe of Scythians from east of the Caspian Sea. Tomyris defeated the mighty army of Cyrus the Great of Persia. Cyrus was killed during the battle, and Tomyris had his head removed and placed in a bucket of blood. ’To quench his thirst for blood,’ she reportedly said.Candace of Kush was the only African leader, male or female, who successfully resisted the Romans and maintained its territory as an independent state. Unfortunately, she lost an eye during the conflicts and became known as ’the one-eyed Queen of Kush’. Saint Olga of Kiev. After her husband was horribly killed by her neighbours, The Drevilians, Olga exacted gruesome revenge for her husband’s death. Later, she converted to Christianity and was made a saint despite her horrible history.

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