Fu Hao

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Shang dynasty queen and general

c. 1240 BC – 1200 BC · 40 years · Yin (Anyang) · Asia

Consort of King Wu Ding who led armies and performed rites; her untouched tomb with hundreds of bronzes was found in 1976.

Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 13th century BC

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Contemporaries around the world

The world in their lifetime

• c. 1200 BC Rise of Olmec San Lorenzo — aged 40, Americas