Forgotten Half of History: Women in Ancient Civilization

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Forgotten Half of History

Women in Ancient civilizations could be seen as a backbone for women today. Women are often seen as inferior to men and their vital role in the unfolding of ancient civilizations. There have been many vital roles that women have played throughout history. Women in all Ancient civilizations faced many of the same hardships, prejudices, and struggles. Two specific ancient civilizations, which had similar aspects, were Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. In these two ancient civilization, women played important roles, which contributed to the shaping of society. In Ancient Rome, there were many women who lived different lives. These consisted of the women who married ordinary men and there were those women who were related to royal people or married wealthy aristocrats with a lot of power. In Ancient Rome, women shared a lot of the same ways of living as Egyptian women but there ways were a bit worse. This was because women had stricter laws against them. Although both ancient civilization were very similar, the role of women in Ancient Egypt when compared to women in Ancient Rome was greater because Egyptian women could play greater role in family, had more economic opportunities, more political rights, and played important roles in religion.

Women in Ancient Egypt shared the same legal and economic rights as men. Women were capable of owning land, slaves, and could obtain possessions for themselves in many ways. This was really interesting because not many women were allowed to have these privileges. In Ancient Egypt, the majority of the Pharaohs were men. Pharaohs...

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...ptian women had more political liberties, economic opportunities, and they played important roles in religion and in the family. In Ancient Egypt, women had greater freedom in the family and more independent movement than women in Ancient Rome. This is because Egyptian women were able to express their feelings and do more things on there own than in Ancient Rome. Also, Ancient Roman did not have as many rights as a wife than in Ancient Egypt. Also, Egyptian women were able to express more political liberties, more economic opportunities, and important roles in religion than in Ancient Rome where their words and rights were more limited. Although women had more rights and freedom liberties in Egypt than in Rome, women made a huge impression in both societies and civilizations. Women impacted ancient history tremendously and have changed society in many ways today.

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