- link to the article about flowers. Synthesize: - the [[rAskHistorians]] thing about how multi-lingual African clan marriage works where there's the requirement culturally to marry outside of your language group. - the thing from [[Brotherhood of Kings by Amanda Podany]] about how women were diplomats. - the role of marriage in Europe. - the story in [[The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor]] about how the male greek soldiers and the females of scythia teamed up to make a new tribe. Compare how it happens at the highest levels of government (e.g. the Fertile Crescent) and also the lowest levels between more democratic societies. See also: the mystery presented by [[Haegemans on Elissa of Carthage]]. ![[The Horse The Wheel And Language by David Anthony#ch08p153 Wives]] ![[The Civilizations of Africa by Christopher Ehret#ch06p245 Cattle Keepers and Kings 900-1300 CE]] Contrast with examples like Egypt and [[The Civilizations of Africa by Christopher Ehret#ch05p228 Social and Political Change in West Africa's First Commercial Age|African craftsman]], who prefer to practice marriage in-round, see also [[backup_before_conversion/2020.07.20 Inbreeding]].