Beating women in Islam

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Muhammad's fist wife was a successful businesswoman and yet I consently hear from people how the Jahilyia was such a horrid time for women and the Sahabah treated women so much better. The Ancient Egyptians treated women so nicely and equitably *and then the religions of Abraham come along and make their lives worse, for example. There were multiple female Pharaohs but no female Caliph as far I know. Why?

*As much as a stone/bronze age society could I guess but they had multiple female heads of state  (Pharaohs) so women could hold the most powerful position in Egypt. They didn't have religious texts that held women back after all. That's what I'm getting at.

Narrated Abu Bakra:
During the battle of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a Word (I heard from the Prophet). When the Prophet heard the news that the people of the Persia had made the daughter of Khosrau their Queen (ruler), he said, "Never will succeed such a nation as makes a woman their ruler." Sahih al-Bukhari 7099