Women in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

Prehistoric and Bronze Age Images of Women
Women in ancient Mesopotamia
Women in ancient Egypt
Women of the ancient Hebrews

Women in ancient and medieval India, Hinduism and Buddhism

Women in ancient and medieval China
Women in medieval Japan
Women in ancient Greece
Women in the Roman Empire
Women in Byzantium

Women in early Christianity

Women in the Medieval Islamic World

Women in the Medieval African Kingdoms

Women in Medieval Europe
Was there a Renaissance for Women?
Women in the Protestant Reformation

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Women in the Roman World

Feminae Romanum: The Women of Ancient Rome a wonderful site, with excellent textual accounts and some very nice images.

ORB guide to late Antiquity there are some good bibliographies on women here

Women, The Roman Empire, and Early Christianity a set of links

Women in Roman Britain from the BBC

Life in Roman Times a wonderful site from PBS with a chapter on women

Above: Bust of Nefertiti from the Berlin Museum
Below: Bust of Cleopatra