The Rise of the Steppes

Female deities had democratic import and rape was punished in mythology. Women's names appeared on land deeds and rationalist as heads of households. A man could divorce his wife without sighting a reason but if she wanted out, she had to go to courts. Poor families may have secluded their daughters to appeal to wealthy landowners who lightly preferred chaste wives. Ancient greece provides further clues to europe's past. Patrilineal kinship was imperative. Men were wiped out by the patrilennial step pastoralist wiped out indigenous males.