Ten Great Ancient Mesopotamian Women: Monarchs, Generals, and Scribes

Ten Great Ancient Mesopotamian Women: Monarchs, Generals, and Scribes

Upward mobility in ancient Mesopotamia was possible but by no means probable, and most people died in the same social class and circumstance they were born into. Some of the women on this list were born into nobility, and so, one might think, it is not surprising they should have come to wield the kind of power they did. Mesopotamian upper-class and noble women, however, were still considered of less worth than men, and so the fact that any of t…