Why Was Queen Elizabeth I Considered A Great Leader

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Suleiman, Nelson Mandela, and Queen Elizabeth I were considered the greatest leaders of all human history. These three leaders caused a tremendous amount of diversity, innovation, and development in their area of rule. Suleiman was a fantastic architect who built a vast amount of structures for the greatly powerful Ottoman Empire, also Suleiman was a brilliant warrior military leader, leading his men into battle with no fear while striking terror into his enemies hearts. Nelson Mandela was a brilliant orator of his time and managed to unite the black’s of South Africa and go against what was call “white domination”. Queen Elizabeth was extremely intelligent and often is referred to as the leader of the “Golden Age of Britain” because she enormously …show more content…

During Suleiman’s reign he added many new rooms to his palace and allowed it to be a place for eating, training soldiers, and many more to his palace(Source 1). This allowed his palace to be more than a place for Suleiman just to live by himself and with his servants. It created a new bond with his soldiers, his servants, and his people that was never seen before. Not only was he a fantastic architect, he was also a brilliant warrior. He conquered all enemies that lay before him with skill and ease. For example, when the Ottomans were involved in a battle against the Hungarians, Suleiman devised a excellent plan to crush the Hungarians. He allowed them to break through the front lines of his army, then shortly after he got troops to completely surround and attack the Hungarians from all sides leaving the Hungarians completely and utterly …show more content…

The Elizabethan Era is the “Golden Age of Britain” where education soared and income started flowing into Britain. Queen Elizabeth was extremely intelligent, able to speak a vast amount of languages. She also increased Scientific thinking in Britain, allowing new technologies to be created as well as new British navy ships that destroyed the huge Spanish Armada that was considered unstoppable. She was a very independent ruler because usually Queens at this time would get married and let their husbands do all of the work for them while they just have babies, but Queen Elizabeth decided not to get married and do what she felt was right at the time and it worked extravagantly in her favor. She also sent many explorers to the new land to conquer it and add the land to the ever growing British Empire. These lands would eventually become the 13 colonies and make Britain a fortune (Until the colonies rebel). Queen Elizabeth was a fantastic ruler because she added new science and technology to Great Britain and she explored many unknown

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