Amazons of Black Sparta
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The Women Warriors of Dahomey.
'History is rife with tales of fighting women. More often than not, these stories prove more legend than history.
Dating back to the amazons of ancient Asia Minor, myths of fierce, autonomous women of martial excellence abound.
And yet the only thoroughly documented amazons in world history are the women warriors of Dahomey, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom.'
Numerous illustrations throughout.
Data sheet
- Publisher
- Hurst & Company: London
- Author
- Stanley B. Alpern
- Date Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
The Women Warriors of Dahomey.
'History is rife with tales of fighting women. More often than not, these stories prove more legend than history.
Dating back to the amazons of ancient Asia Minor, myths of fierce, autonomous women of martial excellence abound.
And yet the only thoroughly documented amazons in world history are the women warriors of Dahomey, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom.'
Numerous illustrations throughout.