Women Rulers Posters, “N...-S...-”
for the social studies classroom, home schoolers and theme decor.

Queen Nefertiti, whose greatest claim to fame is from a bust found in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose, was the “Great Royal Wife” of Amenhotep IV, the pharaoh who abolished the multiple gods for the One god. She was also the mother-in-law, and probable stepmother, of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. After her husband's death it is possible Nefertiti may have ruled in her own right for a short time before Tutankhamun assumed the throne.
fl. 1345 B.C.

• Nefertiti: Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt's Most Famous and Beautiful Queen

Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande
b. c. 1583; current day Angola
d. 12-17-1663; Matamba

Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms, was a West African warrior queen, who used her charisma and feminine charm to defeat the Portuguese.

• Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595

Semiramis
fl. c. 825 BC

Semiramis is a legendary Assyrian queen who is attributed with many events and places, including conquering much of Asia.

One effort to link her to an historical personage is as the wife of Shamshi-Adad V, Shammuramat.

Gioacchino Rossini wrote an opera named Semiramide based on a tragedy by Voltaire.

• Semiramis: A Tale of Battle and of Love

Queen of Sheba, named Makeda in Ethiopian tradition and Bilqis in Islamic tradition, ruled an ancient kingdom believed to be located in present-day Ethiopia or Yemen.

The visit of the ruler of the land of Sheba to meet the wise King Solomon is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, the Islamic Qur'an, and Ethopian history and reported as a spiritual pilgrimmage. Modern interpretation is that the Queen of Sheba was on a trade mission.
fl. 1000 BC

• Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen