10 women who dominated the world and the history books ignored

Millionaires, leaders of nations, active agents of political and economic decisions that move the world, at least 50 of the 100 most powerful women on the planet have built a business of one billion dollars or more. This was announced by Forbes magazine last year.

Their faces are part of the world imagination, something that praises their achievements year after year. Admired globally, they influence with their decisions the operation of the economy and politics in all the corners of the planet.

Power in the hands of women is not new at all. However, hundreds of years have passed in the struggle for recognition and respect for this half of the world, but there are still regrettable and profound lags on the road to equality. Women who have changed history have always had, hopefully, a secondary place. In most cases they are simply deleted, deleted. As a sample, we present a short list of 10 women who have changed the world but the history books have been responsible for ignoring:

Kösem Sultan

With Greek ancestry and born in Bosnia, her real name was Anastasia, however, Sultan Ahment I, whom she was sold as a slave as a teenager, called her Kösem. The children who procreated with him were inheriting in the later years the power by what was called "Queen Mother" for almost 30 years.

It is said that she was behind the decisions of the men who apparently had control. So much so that it would have been she who decided the succession of the throne and the death of those who could contradict their plans. From his tragic death it has been said that, because he had plans to assassinate his grandson, his daughter Turban had her strangled.

Turhan

Turhan was daughter-in-law Kösem and his rival. With the appointments of their children in power, both fought to have the highest appointment. The death of Kösem involved a triumph for Turhan who had also been sold as a slave at the age of 12. Already in power, he was behind the most important decisions of the Ottoman Empire.

Marozia

Marozia greatly influenced what historians have called the "darkest" era in the Middle Ages. Born in a noble family, Marozia had multiple marriages and was behind the fall of several Popes. His mother, Theodora, was also one of the most influential women of the time and both were harshly judged by the manipulation they exercised over the most powerful men at that time.

Even a sixteenth-century cardinal called his period "pornocracy" because public decisions were behind courtesans.

Marozia was lover of the Pope Sergio III, of whom one became pregnant despite contracting nunpcias with Alberico I the Mator. From then on he had more marriages and amorous adventures with the pontiffs, thus dominated Rome.

Toreguene Khatun

Toreguene Khatun was wife of Ogodei, second great Kan of the mogol Empire. After her death, she assumed power until the election of her son, being regent from 1241 to 1246.

Sorghaghtani Beki

On the death of her spouse Tolui, she took power, even though her son was old enough to do it and the custom was for the men to take the throne. After years in the lead, he turned his four sons into rulers of the Mongol empire. Their decisions were also influenced by their mother, who seems to have spawned much of the development of her empire.

Ahhotep

After the death his father, Senajtenra, agent of the XVII dynasty, Ahhotep had to marry with his older brother and both took the power of Egypt. However, in 1560 her husband and brother was killed by the Hyksos so that all power remained in her. In this way he continued until his son became regent years later.

Arsinoe

After the death of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy I - his father - seized Egypt. He later became the wife of Lysimachus, governor of Thrace. It is said that he poisoned the son Lysimachus had in his first marriage to inherit his own power. Years later he married his own brother with whom he collaborated in the First Syrian War.

Zoe

She was daughter of Constantino VIII and empress of the Byzantine Empire. For some years he ruled with his sister Theodora even though they were at odds.

Wei

She was the second wife of Zhongzong, ruler of the Tang dynasty in China in the eighth century. It was said that he deeply admired Wu Zeitan, who was the only recognized empress. There are rumors that she poisoned her husband to stay with the throne.

Nur Jahan

Persian woman who had the mongolian empire in her hands. His spouse, Jahangir, had power only in word because he was an alcoholic and addicted to opium. It was no secret to anyone that she was the one who made the decisions of the empire and had control of the threads that ruled it.

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Most of these women influenced powerfully but quietly. Behind "the men of power" the decisions were in fact entirely theirs. Since then to date, their lives have been surrounded by myths and moral judgments against their person.

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