In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EDEN
Eden, Garden of Eden
(noun) a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la
(noun) any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Source: WordNet® 3.1
E"den, n. Etym: [Heb. eden delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.]
Definition: The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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