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Queen Naamah was an Ammonite, wife of King Solomon (r. 971-931 BC) and mother of King Rehoboam (r. 931-913 BC).

Tomyris was a queen of the Massagetae (c. 530 BC). After she found out about the death of her son, Spargapises, at the hands of Cyrus the Great she led the Massagetean army into war, and, during the battle defeated the Persians and destroyed most of their army.

Vashti was a queen of Persia, and the wife of King Xerxes (r. 486-465 BC). In the third year of King Xerxes' reign, he held a 6-month celebration which ended with a 7-day feast at his palace in Susa. Queen Vashti was either executed or banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet.

Queen Jezebel married King Ahab (r. 874-853 BC), of Samaria, the northern kingdom of Israel. Her daughter, Athaliah, was queen of Judah (r. 841–835 BC) and the only female monarch to sit on David’s throne in biblical history.

Queen Artemisia I was of Carian-Greek ethnicity by her father Lygdamis I (r. 520-484 BC), and half-Cretan by her mother. She took the throne after the death of her husband.