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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Ancient Egyptian women in warfare, Ancient Roman women in warfare, Biblical women in ancient warfare, Nubian women in warfare, Women in 1st-century warfare, Women in 2nd-century warfare, Women in 3rd-century warfare, Women in 4th-century warfare, Women in ancient Chinese warfare, Women in ancient Greek warfare, Women in ancient Near Eastern warfare, Cleopatra VII, Agrippina the Younger, Boudica, Hatshepsut, Zenobia, Hua Mulan, Berenice II, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Berenice I of Egypt, Cartimandua, Arsinoe III of Egypt, Rahab, Semiramis, Elen, Timeline of women in ancient warfare, Fulvia, Albia Dominica, Empress Dowager Hu, Book of Judith, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Tr ng Sisters, Tri u Th Trinh, Mavia, Deborah, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Ahmose-Nefertari, Ahhotep I, Stateira II, Tomyris, Amanitore, Julia Domna, Amanirenas, Artemisia I of Caria, Princess Pingyang, Fu Hao, Yael, Qin Liangyu, Sophonisba, Yim Wing-chun, Amastris, Triaria, Cordelia of Britain, Thusnelda, Liang Hongyu, Hippo, Clodia Pulchra, Aretaphila of Cyrene, Zabibe, Chiomara, Candace of Meroe, Telesilla, Queen Gwendolen, Etazeta of Bithynia, Hydna, Cloelia, Vishpala, Amage, Samsi, Yuenu, Phung Th Chinh, Lady of Yue, Amanishabheto, Majaji, Li Xiu, Julia Pacata, Tania, Gynaecothoenas, Mother Lu. Excerpt: Hatshepsut (; also Hatchepsut; meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies; 1508-1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty. Although contemporary records of her reign are documented in diverse ancient sources, Hatshepsut was described by early modern scholars as only having served as a co-regent from about 1479 to 1458 BC, during years seven to twenty-one of the reign previously identifi...