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54: Shave Your Head and Get In the Closet: Dark History of Marriage

Dark History

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Hemorabi's Code of Conduct

The year 2350 BC was the first recorded marriage in history. The Babylonians had a very interesting way of finding wives. They would gather all of the women in a temple who were ready to be married off. And then the wealthy and the rich would be able to bid on the most beautiful women first.

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