There’s a painting that I can’t get out of my head. It’s titled ‘The Babylonian Marriage Market’. The artist is Edwin long. He depicts a scene of women being sold to the highest bidder in an open market where anyone can participate. Sounds crazy? Well, maybe it’s not as crazy as you think. ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥Sources:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylonian_Marriage_Market" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylonian_Marriage_Market</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylonian_Marriage_Market#/media/File:Babylonian_marriage_market.jpg" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylonian_Marriage_Market#/media/File:Babylonian_marriage_market.jpg</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus</a><a href="https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/marriage-market-price" target="_blank">https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/marriage-market-price</a><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=how+the+babylonian+marriage+market+worked&oq=how+the+babylonian+marriage+market+worked&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigAdIBCjE4Njk1ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBYruCFl8rgOS&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1121506b,vid:iJc6LZ6aQM4,st:0" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=how+the+babylonian+marriage+market+worked&oq=how+the+babylonian+marriage+market+worked&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigAdIBCjE4Njk1ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBYruCFl8rgOS&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1121506b,vid:iJc6LZ6aQM4,st:0</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x_-5DfVw7bA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x_-5DfVw7bA</a>