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I called you out on your false claim:

muhammed's example of marrying a 1st cousin

..and instead of acting like a man and recognizing you're wrong, you went off on a tirade.

had lots of wives

Sure did. Like many leaders before him and many after him. Some wives were older than him, some younger, and the last one (a political marriage to soothen tribal tensions) was, indeed, a woman of child-bearing age, which we now classify as unacceptable, but which was acceptable and common by the norms of the era.


FYI:

List of estimated age ranges for royal brides in various ancient cultures, along with notable examples:

Ancient Mesopotamia (Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria): 12-15 years old

  • Enheduanna (married King Sargon of Akkad at 14)
  • Tashlultum (married King Sargon of Akkad at 12)

Ancient Egypt (New Kingdom): 12-15 years old

  • Nefertiti (married Pharaoh Akhenaten at 14-15)
  • Kiya (married Pharaoh Akhenaten at 12-13)
  • Meritamen (married Pharaoh Ramses II at 12)
  • Hatshepsut-Meryetre (married Pharaoh Thutmose III at 12)
  • Pharaoh Hatshepsut (married at 12)
  • Cleopatra VII (married at 18)

Ancient Greece (Aristocratic): 14-18 years old

  • Helen of Sparta (married King Menelaus at 16)
  • Andromache (married Prince Hector at 14)
  • Iphigenia (married Prince Achilles at 12-13)

Ancient Rome (Patrician): 12-15 years old

  • Livia Drusilla (married Emperor Augustus at 19)
  • Octavia Minor (married Emperor Claudius at 12)

Ancient Persia (Achaemenid Empire): 12-14 years old

  • Stateira II (married King Artaxerxes II at 14)
  • Parysatis (married King Darius II at 12)
  • Princess Esther (married King Ahasuerus at 12-14)

Ancient Israel (Royal): 12-14 years old

  • Michal (married King David at 12-14)
  • Abigail (married King David at 14-16)
  • Rebecca (married Isaac at 10-12)

Ancient China (Han Dynasty): 13-16 years old

  • Empress Shangguan (married Emperor Wu of Han at 13)

Byzantine Empire: 12-15 years old

29 days ago
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Reason: Original

I called you out on your false claim:

muhammed's example of marrying a 1st cousin

..and instead of acting like a man and recognizing you're wrong, you went off on a tirade.

had lots of wives

Sure did. Like many leaders before him and many after him. Some wives were older than him, some younger, and the last one (a political marriage to soothen tribal tensions) was, indeed, a woman of child-bearing age, which we now classify as unacceptable, but which was acceptable and common by the norms of the era.

29 days ago
1 score