AN N EA 15 Study Guide - Final Guide: Deir El-Bahari, Women In Iran, Hatshepsut
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Ane 15 women and power in the ancient world. Your final exam will include two of the following essay questions. Include discussion of the geographical context, cultural context, archaeological evidence, and primary text evidence, if appropriate. You do not need to do additional research to prepare these answers. Working with the class powerpoints, lecture notes and readings is enough: compare and contrast hatshepsut"s power methodology with cleopatra"s. Include discussion of ideological, economic, political, military and sexual power. Utilized ideological power to legitimize claim to throne god"s wife of amen=most powerful priestess position in egypt; indicates that her bloodline is divine less likely that someone will challenge her authority. Claimed that amen-re himself decreed her to be king. On the temple building of thutmose ii at karnak, hatshepsut is portrayed as god"s wife of. Amen; moreover, cartouches label her as daughter of king, wife of king, god"s wife of amen in order to emphasize both her royal and divine bloodlines.
