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What do we know about the lives of women in the early civilizations? What are our sources of information on this subject?

We can find out alot about women in early civilizations. There are records detailing the typical role of women, whether they were allowed to own property, run a business and buy goods. We know how marriage transactions were conducted.

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This discussion focuses on what we know about women in early civilizations and how we go about obtaining this information. This short discussion contains approximately 200 words of original text along with links to informative websites.

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We can find out alot about women in early civilizations. There are records detailing the typical role of women, whether they were allowed to own property, run a business and buy goods. We know how marriage transactions were conducted.

In spite of being able to find out alot about women in early civilizations it is much easier to find out about men. This is ...

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