In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CRECY
Crecy, battle of Crecy
(noun) the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years’ War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
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THEORETICAL
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