Enheduanna In Ancient Sumeria

Enheduanna (~2300 BCE): Enheduanna was the daughter of Sargon of Akkad, the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire in Ancient Sumeria, approximately 2300 BCE. She is the largely credited as being the world’s first named author; she wrote numerous poems, psalms, and prayers which lay the foundation for later Hebrew psalms and the Homeric Hymns of Ancient Greece. Enheduanna served as High Priestess to the Akkadian Empire, and was charged with the responsibility to maintain the city’s temple complex and suppress uprisings and rebellion against her father’s regime.
Hatshepsut (1478-1458 BCE): Hatshepsut was the daughter of King Thutmose I, and upon her husband’s death in 1479 BCE, she became the most powerful female leader of Egypt. She was the first woman to assume full responsibility and power as pharaoh, commissioning large building projects and conducting military expeditions into Nubia. To assert her authority as sovereign, she wore the traditional male pharaoh attire as well as a fake beard. After her reign, King Thutmose III sought to erase all mention of her from her monuments, however, to this day she is still remembered as one of the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt.
Sappho (630-570 BCE): Hailing from the Greek island of Lesbos, Sappho was one of the world’s …show more content…
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