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Ancient Egyptian Marriages
Title: Ancient Egyptian Marriages
Category: History
Details: Words: 453 | Pages: 1.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ancient Egyptian Marriages
Ancient Egyptian Marriages
Although many marriages were arranged by families, we know from poetry that ancient Egyptian spouses did love and respect one another. Even though Egyptian women in ancient times were considered the subordinate sex, they could inherit, control or dispose of property in their own names, and could sign contracts. Their career options were limited to working as a servant, weaver, laundrywoman, shop manager, mourner, singer, dancer, musician, prostitute, or doing secondary priestly …showed first 75 words of 453 total…
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Although adultery was condemned, infidelity by a wife was more severely judged than if a husband strayed. Polygamy was very rare because few men could afford to support two wives and two families. Monogamy was then the norm for most ancient Egyptian marriages. In “The voice of the turtledove speaks out,” the speaker may be a man’s mistress who does not want to leave “his bed” (292).
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