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or denies Alice Walker i TOMORROWS BUCK LEADERS ARE MAKING HISTORY TODAK McDonald's9 is proud to congratulate the winners of the 1993 McDonald's Black History Makers of Tomorrow contest. National Winner: David Slade, Western Alamance H.S. Local Winners: Shakina Badgett, Western Alamance H.S. Nikia Davis, East Mecklenburg H.S. Ericka Ross, East Lincoln H.S. Deloris Williams, Starmount H.S. 1993 McDonald's Corporation (l History QUEENS IN ANCIENT EGYPT a Outtn Hatitapaut V (1505-1485 B.C.) Women in the Kemet (Ancient Egypt) played significant roles As wives of pharoahs, as reigning queens or as women ot author it v . they were respected The wives or mothers ot pharoahs held special places of honor First Woman Pharoah QUEEN HALSTEPSUT The first Known woman pharoah was Queen Halstepsut (1505 M85 B C ) She came to the throne in the Eighteenth Dynasty Historian John Hennk Clarke writes about her Trained by her fa ther Thothmes I. she was a great ruler She learned from him to defend her country She knew the ways of war A Peaceful Wartior Queen Halstepsuf reigned for twenty-one years Considered a Warrior Queen she made peace with the Kuch people Ttys pow ei^ul pharoah sent commercial expeditions to the countries along the coast of East Africa One of her greatest accomplishments w,is a trip to an Asian kingdom (now India) This was an act of bravery and helped to resolve differences Even before the retgn of Queen Halsfepsuf women tf> Atf?c? **<1 influence They balanced the role of pharoahs in many ways o Hyksos Conquer Kernel During the Middle Kingdom Pharoah Amenemhel IV ascended to the throne through his father The 12th Dynasty ended with him as he died without an heir Civil war broke out between u$per and lower Egypt As the civil ^ar raged lower Egypt was invaded by the Hyksos (Asians) Thus, the Asians became the first non Africans to rule Egypt They remained in power for almost one hundred years QUEEN NEFERTARI Over that century, there were many efforts to reclaim Egypt by Africans However, it was not until the 18th Dynasty that the Kemet mdrivmg out the Hyksos It was a great period in this rule His wife Queen Ahmose Nefertari, w*s extremely helpful in restoring the country of Kemet (ancient Egypt) So powerful was her influence, her husband, the pharoah. bestowed upon her the office of Sec ond Prophet of Amen " In this position, Queen Nefertari was re sponsible for religious and civil functions Known as Divine Wife, an exalted title, she had authority over workers in the vast fields, a group of priestesses, scribes and many other groups like other women during that period. Queen Nefertari was considered a partner to her husband and a maior contributor to the nation QUEEN TIYE, BRILLIANT AND BEAUTIFUL The 18th Dynasty was marked by great rulers and great women Queen Tiye wai one of the most powerful queens This royal wife to Pharoah Amenhotep III reigned as co-monarch A Nubian woman of exceptional ability, she reigned with the pharoah for fifty years Her influence was felt in many aspects of the nation but especially in the political area MOTHER OF KINO TUT it is said that theirs was a beautiful mar'. age Queen Tiye and Pharoah Amenhotep III were the parents of three sons and four daughters The queen bore her last son the famous Tutankhamen ( K ing Tut) when she was near fifty years of age While a1 1 three of her sons were pharoahs King Tut became the oest known years tiMemis death at aqe '3
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