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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra enters into a clash over the throne with her...Read more brother and co-ruler, Ptolemy XIII. Julius Caesar of Rome falls in love with Cleopatra, proposes to her and pledges to enthrone her as the queen of Egypt.
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Cleopatra takes over the throne of Egypt, and discovers...Read more she's pregnant by Julius Caesar, who refuses to have an heir from a non-Roman, so Cleopatra defies him and decides to keep the baby. Cleopatra fails to persuade Julius Caesar to stay with her in Egypt, as he returns to Rome to lead the war.
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Things deteriorate between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra...Read more during his preoccupation with the war. Members of the Roman Senate devise a plan to assassinate Cleopatra's son fearing for the throne, whereupon Mark Antony stands up to them and saves Cleopatra and her son.
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Brutus treacherously assassinates Julius Caesar. The...Read more relationship between Cleopatra and Antony is strengthened, but Antony moves away due to his preoccupation with the struggle with Octavian over the throne, so Cleopatra travels to support him.
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Cleopatra returns to Egypt and asks Antony to return to Rome...Read more and face off Octavian to regain the throne. Calpurnia advises Antony to offer Octavian that he marry Octavia the Younger and declare a ceasefire to stop the war.
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As Cleopatra makes Antony torn between her conditions and...Read more demands, and sticking to his army, his wife, and his agreement with Octavian, he agrees to her demands and returns to fight him and dies, whereupon Cleopatra receives the news and decides to commit suicide with snakes venom.
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Nefertiti
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After Thutmose falls from the chariot and dies, Tiye tries...Read more to prepare Amenhotep II to replace his father as a potential king. Tiye chooses Nefertiti to be Amenhotep's wife, wishing to turn Nefertiti's strength of character to good account in the rule.
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After Amenophis III dies, Amenhotep IV takes over, and his...Read more name becomes Akhenaten. Tiye gets him married to Nefertiti, who gives birth to her first daughter from Akhenaten. Nefertiti grants her daughter to the god Aten.
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As Nefertiti and Akhenaten's worship of Aten enrages the...Read more priests, Nefertiti devises a plan to capture the rebellious priests. After Akhenaten's daughter is exposed to an assassination attempt, he responds by attacking and getting rid of the rebels and priests.
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The ship of Akhenaten and Nefertiti sails to their new...Read more headquarters from Thebes to the city of Amarna, and the duo enters unguarded in an attempt to get closer to the people. The priests revolt in Thebes, taking advantage of their absence, so Nefertiti sends the army to put down the revolution.
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Akhenaten tells Nefertiti his desire to marry Kiya to have a...Read more boy and keep the throne after Nefertiti has given birth to four girls. Nefertiti gives birth to a fifth female child while Kiya gives birth to a male. Nefertiti has all the powers of the pharaoh, but her eldest daughter dies.
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After Akhenaten gets sick and passes away, Nefertiti takes...Read more over as queen of Egypt, and makes an agreement with the priests to protect her throne and her family. The priests betray Nefertiti and kill her before Tutankhamun takes over.
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Dido
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Agenor's wife gives birth to a second child after their...Read more first child, Pygmalion. The king of Tyre and Carthage falls in love with her and names her Dido (Elissa). The fortune teller tells the king and queen that Pygmalion will one day kill Dido.
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After they come of age, Pygmalion plots to get rid of his...Read more sister. Dido tries to convince the king that she should be close to the army and soldiers. When Dido and Pygmalion's mother dies, Acerbas vows to protect Dido from her brother.
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Pygmalion fails to persuade the king to deprive Dido of the...Read more throne. She marries Acerbas, and the king dies, leaving his will that Pygmalion and Dido equally take over the rule; as a result, the people reject that a woman rule them; Dido abdicates the throne.
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Acerbas warns Pygmalion of his men's repeated attempt to...Read more break into his palace and rob his fortune. Pygmalion plots and kills Acerbas, so Dido decides to exact retribution.
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As Dido devises a plan to deceive Pygmalion, she promises...Read more him to hand over the entirety of Acerbas's fortune in exchange for her protection. She hands him chests full of stones before fleeing from Tyre with the fortune, upon which Pygmalion vows to kill her.
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Dido sails to Qart Hadasht to escape from her brother...Read more Pygmalion, who loses his mind after losing his wealth and prestige in the kingdom. Dido arrives in Morocco.
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As Dido buys a small land in Morocco in agreement with the...Read more king in Qart Hadasht to establish her kingdom, the king stipulates marrying her to leave her people, but she refuses and commits suicide.
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Zenobia
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Zenobia marries Odaenathus in the midst of a great...Read more celebration. As Zenobia takes over the kingdom during her husband's absence at war, fears of her control and the expansion of the kingdom increase, while Odaenathus prepares for a possible clash with the Persians.
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After the Persian king, Shapur, defeats the Roman leader,...Read more Valerian, Zenobia refuses Odaenathus's wish to go to the battlefield and save the Romans. She suggests strengthening relations with Shapur and cooperating with the Persians, but Shapur refuses and declares war on Palmyra.
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Odaenathus goes to war against Shapur, and Zenobia takes...Read more over the rule in his absence, so the leader uses Ward and the Salih tribe to conspire against Palmyra and attack it. Zenobia's guards capture Ward, and Odaenathus defeats Shapur and returns to the queen.
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Zenobia discovers that Odaenathus has an affair with one of...Read more the captives of the Persians and has prepared a palace for her and her family. Odaenathus's soldiers plot against him in favor of Maeonius, and he is killed before the latter's attack on Palmyra to seize it.
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Zenobia receives the shock of the assassination of...Read more Odaenathus and his son Hairan I at the hands of Maeonius. The leader Hussam dies at the hands of the priest Al-Dhahyan. After Zenobia's guard succeeds in capturing and killing Maeonius, Zenobia takes over the reins of power.
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Vaballathus, the son of Zenobia, is killed, and Tegamene...Read more takes over the rule of Egypt. Zenobia's armies retreat in front of the Roman ruler Aurelian, so his army storms Palmyra and kills Longinus. Aurelian captures Zenobia, who decides to commit suicide by poison.
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Scheherazade
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Shahryar's guards arrest the child Qamar to pressure her...Read more sister, Perihan, to surrender herself to marry him. Scheherazade begins to memorize fairy tales in preparation for implementing her plan to save the women from Shahryar's tyranny.
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Perihan surrenders to Shahryar to save her sister Qamar, so...Read more Shahryar marries her and kills her the next day. Scheherazade decides to marry Shahryar to take revenge on him.
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Scheherazade marries Shahryar, who refuses Scheherazade's...Read more attempts to get close to him. At dawn, he orders his guards to kill her.
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After Shahryar intervenes before the execution of...Read more Scheherazade's death sentence, Shahryar tells his wife he does not know why he pardoned her, while she tells him that she refused to surrender and return as a dead body to her family. Scheherazade begins to tell Shahryar adventures and stories.
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As Scheherazade tells Shahryar the tale of Solomon and the...Read more Crown of Kings, Shahryar sleeps before the end of the story and decides to postpone the killing of Scheherazade until the next morning after the end of her story.
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Scheherazade continues the story. Shahryar begins to take...Read more care of her and his treatment of her improves. Rumors spread that there is a plot to assassinate Shahryar, who accuses Scheherazade of plotting against him and orders to capture her.
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Scheherazade tries to prove her innocence of conspiring...Read more against Shahryar, who goes to her cell, whereupon she completes her stories to him before the night ends and she escapes death again.
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Shahryar orders Scheherazade to leave her cell and return to...Read more his royal suite. Shahryar starts to show signs of change by falling in love with Scheherazade, who gives birth to her first child, and names her Perihan. Shahryar regrets his past actions and begins a new era.
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Wallada bint al-Mustakfi
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Sakra gives birth to her child from al-Mustakfi Billah...Read more (Muhammad III of Córdoba), and he names her Wallada, who is raised in an atmosphere of freedom and poetry. She begins to form her own view of love and opposes those who object to her imagination towards passion.
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Wallada tries to help her father overcome his depression...Read more because he learned of a conspiracy to assassinate him and take over the Caliphate of Cordoba from him. It turns out that Ibn ʿAbdūs participated in the conspiracy to get rid of al-Mustakfi.
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Ibn ʿAbdūs tells Ibn Zaydūn of his love for Wallada....Read more al-Mustakfi and his soldiers are preparing for a possible attack on him. Ibn Zaydūn tells Wallada of his love for her.
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Ibn Zaydūn and Wallada enter into a poetic match, during...Read more which Zaydūn tries to convince Wallada of his love for her, and when a dispute occurs between them, Wallada decides to exploit Ibn ʿAbdūs to take revenge on Ibn Zaydūn.
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Wallada tries to take revenge on Ibn Zaydūn, and succeeds in...Read more that. A dispute arises between Abu-l-Hazm and Ibn Zaydūn.
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After Abu-l-Hazm ibn Jàhwar pardons Ibn Zaydūn, he returns...Read more to Cordoba. Ibn Zaydūn splits up with Wallada, and he is forced to leave Andalusia. Years pass and Wallada ages, and she receives the news of Ibn Zaydūn's death.
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