<p>In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Vashti, queen of Persia, and the wife of King Xerxes. She was either executed or banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet and succeeded by Queen Esther.</p>

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Vashti, queen of Persia, and the wife of King Xerxes. She was either executed or banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet and succeeded by Queen Esther.

<p>In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Vashti, queen of&nbsp;Persia, and the wife of King Xerxes.&nbsp;She was either executed or banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet and succeeded by Queen Esther.</p>

Ep. 172 Queen Vashti: Queen of Achaemenid Persia (c. 486 BC)

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Come along with me and explore the lives of Archimedes, Galileo Galilei, Albert Einstein, Wangari Maathai, Ctesibius, Valentina Tereshkova, Chiune Sugihara, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett… and others who’ve greatly influenced society. What life choices led them to be so extraordinary… what can we learn from them?

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Ep. 172 Queen Vashti: Queen of Achaemenid Persia (c. 486 BC)

Ep. 172 Queen Vashti: Queen of Achaemenid Persia (c. 486 BC)