This document discusses marriage traditions in several ancient civilizations and countries. In Mesopotamia, wives were bought and sold and marriage was like slavery. In Greece, marriages were usually arranged by parents and men married around age 30 while women married at age 14. In Egypt, women had lower status than men, were expected to avoid contact with men, and had to depend on husbands after marriage. Marriage rules in Canada include a minimum age of 19 and legalization of same-sex marriage, while in ancient China marriage was more of a sexual relationship and classes usually married within their own class.

1. MARRIAGE
By Madison
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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction page 3
Marriage in Mesopotamia page 4
Marriage in Greece page 5
Marriage in Egypt page 6
Marriage in Canada page 7
Marriage in China page 8
Bibliography page 9
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3. INTRODUCTION
Marriage is something that mostly every girl is looking forward
too. Some of these countries have different ways of
celebrating marriages like in Mesopotamia they bought and
sold their wives. In Greece they never got to chose who they
got married to and in Egypt they had to avoid men and
couldn't have no contact with them. In Canada you have to
be 19 or older and could marry the same sex as you and in
China you could never get married you could only have sexual
contact.All of these countries had different laws about
marriage and i thought some were unfair to the women cause
you couldn’t chose the man you wanted to marry.
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4. MARRIAGE IN MESOPOTAMIA
Marriage in Mesopotamia is very different from here because
wives were bought and sold to men and this was like slavery
also in Mesopotamia marriage and slavery were like legal
cousins. If a women brought shame to the family she must kill
herself. Soon after puberty, they young girls were considered
ready to marry.
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5. MARRIAGE IN GREECE
Marriage in Greece was one of the woman’s most important
thing in life but, the woman never got to chose who she could
marry. Marriage was usually arrange by the parents of the
bride and the groom himself.A man would be looking for
three specific things in a woman. Most of the women were
14 when they got married and the men were about 30.The
men were aloud to marry their sisters from the same
mothers.
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6. MARRIAGE IN EGYPT
In Egypt women were stated lower than men. The women were
expected to avoid contact with men. As children, they were raised
independent and couldn’t rely on the father or the brothers.When
they were married, they had to depend on their husbands to make
all the decisions while the women had to do their household
chores.When the women were married they had to make to sons
before they stopped producing their babies.
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7. MARRIAGE IN CANADA
Marriage in Canada has many different strict rules. One of the
rules says that you can’t marry anybody related to you.
Another one is that you have to be 19 or older to get
married. Marriage in Canada can be either civil or religious.
Marriages can be performed by judges, clerks in court,
marriage commissioners, and etc. Same sex marriage is legal in
Canada nationally since 2005.
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8. MARRIAGE IN CHINA
Marriage back in the old days in China they never got married
they only had a sexual relationship. Everybody had to respect
proper relationship between family members and regulate
sexual behavior. They married people among different classes,
like the upper classes married among themselves, while the
commoners married among themselves also, avoiding marriage
with slaves or other ordinary people.This was enforced by the
law.
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9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marriage in Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Marriage_in_Canada>.
Marriage in China. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Chinese_marriage>.
Marriage in Egypt. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/
marriage.htm>.
Marriage in Greece. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Ancient_Greek_marriage_law>.
Marriage in Mesopotamia. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Mesopotamian_Marriage_Law>.
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