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Most nations of note have had at least one great female leader. Her father, whose name is not recorded in history, was a friend of liu yan. Masters, the empress saw sex and power as being closely related. Born wu zhao and given the reign title zetian just weeks before her death in 705 ce, empress wu was the unwanted. Empress wu encyclopedia of world history page 426427. Concubine of taizong had affair with emperor gaozong, and thne had a daughter, strangles her and then the empress wang was blamed and sent away. Timeless stories from our 169year archive handpicked to speak. Empress wu rise although a serious political move to replace and empress, wu did it anyway, and one day after the emperor had played with wu s daughter, she went in a nd strangles her little baby, and the blame was placed on the empress, and it became the emperors excuse to send her away. The empress wu download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. They believed that it was wrong for a woman to rule, and they pointed out that she stole power from her sons. Click download or read online button to get empress wu the great book now. She was respected for her solid judgment, and gave birth to. A 17thcentury chinese depiction of wu, from empress wu of the zhou, published c.
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