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Female Heroes of Asia	Female Heroes from the Time of the Crusades	Rulers
Empress Wu Zetian China (Tang Dynasty)	Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen of France	Great Women Rulers! 19 Women Who Ruled
Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki) Japan (Heian Period)	Shagrat al-Durr Sultan of Egypt	More Women Rulers Nominated By Our Site Visitors
Queen Sondok (or Sonduk) Korea (Silla Dynasty)	Melisende Queen of Jerusalem
The Trung Sisters Vietnam (ca. 40 C. E.)	Anna Comnena Byzantine Historian	Notable Women in the year 1000 C.E.
Sorghaghtani Beki Mongolia (Genghis Khan)		Empress Adelaide Ottonian Empire
Mirabai India (1498?-1546 C.E.)
Nur Jahan India (1577-1645 C.E.)
Three Transforming Poets Iran (13th, 19th, 20th Centuries)