Queen Tomyris then herself mustered all her forces and engaged Cyrus in battle. They fought at close quarters and eventually the Massagatae gained the upper hand. Most of the Persian army was wiped out, Cyrus himself died. Queen Tomyris filled a wineskin with human blood and searched the ...
:Reviews the book 'Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha,' by Lesley Downer.DusheckKay MeredithLibrary JournalSee Lesley Downer, Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha, Broadway Books, New York, 2001, 70-76; Kanzaki Kiyoshi, `Geisha in ...
“I’m glad to hear you say so, dear, for I was afraid home would seem dull and poor to you after your fine quarters,” replied her mother, who had given her many anxious looks that day. For motherly eyes are quick to see any change in children’s faces. Meg had told her adven...
In this thoroughly original work, one of the most respected scholars of premodern China brings to life what it was like to be a woman in Sung times, from having a marriage arranged, serving parents-in-law, rearing children, and coping with concubines, to deciding what to do if widowed....
sense, but did suffer intense emotional strain. “The Japanese guard would walk in our quarters at any hour of the day or night. This caused much distress because we never knew what they had in mind, and we never stayed alone in a room and kept our clothes on at all times,” she ...
Anna lived in an era when women chiefly were expected to remain secluded in their quarters (called gyneceum) attending solely to family matters. They covered their faces with veils in public and were not even allowed to appear in processions. Yet Anna offered high praise for the accomplishments...
as wells as in a wider array of cultural landscapes ranging from nurses' residences in Montreal to prostitutes' quarters in Los Angeles. The book includes essays on six exemplary projects that have advanced the integration of women's history into historic preservation and closes with three perspecti...
According to Jing Pianpians 114 LOVE, LITERACY AND LAMENTS biography, she was in fact redeemed from the courtesan quarters by marriage, after at least one broken engagement. But her life ended tragically just the same, for when her husband was arrested and taken away to the magistrate...
Despite high home prices and air pollution, more professionals decided to stay in Beijing than leave in the past five quarters as the country's capital offered most job opportunities, according to figures released on Tuesday. China counts on aggressive tax cut to spur economy As the biggest tax...
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