AN N EA 15WWomen and Power in Ancient World
Ancient Near East · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open for credit to students with credit for course 15. Examination of how feminine power confronts masculine dominance within complex social systems in ancient world. To gain political power, some female rulers used their sexuality to gain access to important men. Other women gained their position as regents and helpers of masculine kings who were too young to rule. Others denied their femininity in dress and manner, effectively androgynizing themselves or pretending to be men so that their femininity would not be obstacle to political rule. Many women only gained throne at end of dynasties after male line had run out entirely, or in midst of civil war when patrilineal successions were in disarray. No women were able to gain reigns of power through their bloodlines alone. Women’s power was compromised from outset. Examination of root causes and results of this political inequality. Satisfies Writing II requirement.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
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Requisite: English Composition 3.
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AN N EA 15W
- ENGCOMP 3English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language
- ENGCOMP 2Approaches to University Writing
- ENGCOMP 2IApproaches to University Writing for Multilingual Students
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