Anacaona was born in Yaguana (today the town of Léogane, Haiti) in 1474. During Christopher Columbus‘s visit to the chiefdom of Xaragua in what is now southwest Haiti in late 1496, where Anacaona and her brother Bohechío appeared as equal negotiators. She fought the Spaniards who was trying to colonize Hispaniola at the time. Anacaona […]
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A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. The Real-Life Hunger Games: Meet the Ancient Women … TOP TEN GREATEST FEMALE WARRIORS IN HISTORY Top 10 Badass Female Warriors – Listverse by yuhime Tomoe Tomoe Gozen, […]
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