17 Oct 1759
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Newspaper
Edinburgh Chronicle
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 17, 1759
Page
1
The narrative recalls the fall of the Amazon realm after repeated Greek upheavals, suggesting their empires dwindled to a narrow region. It notes later claims of an Amazon queen visiting Alexander the Great, and reports from Mingrelia of Amazons fighting Caucasus foes with ornate armor and long chisel edged arrows.
The text recounts Chardin's notes on a northern Caucasus warlike people and hypothesizes about Amazons in Scythia. It details a Georgian prince's tale of distant nations at war with Calmac Tartars, and a Bohemian queen Sybilla who forms a women-led council and trains women in arms, shaping a military culture among Bohemian ladies.
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