The True Story of Semiramis, Legendary Queen of Babylon
The only woman ever to have ruled the mighty Assyrian Empire, Semiramis titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century.
By Marcos Such Gutiérrez
PUBLISHED September 12, 2017
Female rulers in ancient Mesopotamia were rare. But those who did rule made their mark on history. In the Neo-Assyrian regime of the ninth century B.C., one woman commanded an entire empire stretching from Asia Minor to what is today western Iran. She was Sammu-ramat, thought to mean “high heaven.†Her five-year rule, while brief, appears to have inspired long-lasting respect among her subjects and the world.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/09-10/searching-for-semiramis-assyrian-legend/
