In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Menelik, son of King Solomon and Queen Makeda… the first king of the Axumite Kingdom.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Azadokht Shahbanu, a Sassanian queen from Iran, and daughter of king Khosrow II, who was overthrown and executed on 628AD by his own son Kavad II.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Ay, the vizier of both Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and possibly also of Smenkhare.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Madaki Hasa Askia, the Daughter of Emperor Askia Muhammad I (Askia the Great), the first ruler of the Askia dynasty of the Songhai Empire.

In this week's Notable People in History newsletter, we’ll take a look at the life of Ahmes, the Fifteenth Dynasty scribe who transcribed one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics.

In this week's Notable People in History newsletter, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Idia, mother to Esigie who reigned as Oba (king) of the Edo people from 1504 to 1550.

In this week's Notable People in History newsletter, we’ll take a look at the life of Maya, Overseer of the Treasury during reigns of Pharaohs Tutankhamun, Ay, and Horemheb in ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty.

In this week's Notable People in History newsletter, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Khentkaus I, "Mother of Two Kings of Upper and Lower Egypt."

In this week's #NotablePeopleinHistory newsletter, we’ll take a look at the life of Tutankhamun who reigned during ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty.

In this week's #NotablePeopleinHistory newsletter, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Puabi who ruled the Mesopotamian city-state of Ur, birthplace of Abraham, around 2500 B.C. The lives of women in ancient Mesopotamia were regulated by a patriarchal hierarchy.