In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai
(noun) a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo
Source: WordNet® 3.1
21 November 2024
(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.