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Woman Inferior
Woman Inferior
Any man who is proud to say woman is inferior, is himself an inferior creature. We are what we are from where we came.
Any society which places woman in the same catagory as cattle, horses or camels can only produce livestock, not men. A herd, to be herded.
Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, (circa 278 A.D.) born Septima Bath-shabbi, consort of Odaenathus, the Dux Orientus succeeded his throne as his widow & on behalf of her son, the lawful successor. She ruled with very capable hands and was determined to surpass his excellence and make Palmyra mistress of the Roman Empire in the east.
She was a scholar in her own right and was instructed in the sciences by the celebrated Longinus. Besides her native tongue, she spoke the Latin, Greek, Coptic and Syrian languages. She patronized learned men and herself formed an epitome of Egyptian history. She was a conqueror and commanded a fine army.
Queen Amyitis & her Hanging Gardens
Queen Amyitis ( circa 605-562 B.C.) was the daughter of the king of the Medes. She married King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to create an alliance between the nations. The ancient city of Babylon (Iraq) ruled the world in it's day just as the Roman Empire did in hers. It boasted as it's showpiece one of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World; The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, built espescially for her. Her homeland was lush & fertile, rugged & mountainous, & she found the flat, barren sun-baked terrain of Babylon depressing. King Nebuchadnezzar decided to recreate her homeland by building an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
In any case Queen Amyitis' Hanging gardens had to be an amazing sight: A green, leafy, artificial mountain towering above the plains. Vaulted terraces raised one above another, and resting upon cube-shaped pillars. These were hollow and filled with earth to allow trees of the largest size to be planted. The pillars, the vaults, and terraces were constructed of baked brick and asphalt.
Called "The Cradle of Civilization", the land between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers contain sites of several ancient civilizations. Ancient Babylon, (Today's Iraq) was the birthplace of our modern courts and justice system based upon the legendary "Code of Hammurabi".
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was a mystic who lived a very public life during the Middle Ages, her high profile political presence and her visions and voices made her one of the most controversial people of her times. She was condemned in spite of her unflagging faithfulness as a Christian and was burned alive at the stake on trumped up charges of being a heretic by the Roman Church, although it cannot be said that The University of Paris, one time favorite of the Popes, and the most influential educational institution since Aristotle, had nothing to do with the martyrdom of Joan of Arc.
The Inquisition took it's earliest form around 1023 A.D. to deal with various kinds of heresies and made the Age of Faith complete. Persecution of Jews, Muslims, and Pagans was especially relentless during these centuries. Dante - 'The Divine Comedy' ( 1318 A.D.) with his 'Inferno' - a terrifying vision of Hell - was the most influential writer and philosopher of the times.
"I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won;
there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Artwork, copyright . . . Howard David Johnson
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