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TIL it's estimated that in later Classical Sparta, women were the sole owners of 35% of all land & property. Unlike women in Athens, if a Spartan woman became her father's heiress because she ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL it's estimated that in later Classical Sparta, women were the sole owners of 35% of all land & property. Unlike women in Athens, if a Spartan woman became her father's heiress because she had no living brothers, she wasn't required to divorce her current spouse to marry her nearest paternal kin.

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