In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Tashkent, Taskent, capital of Uzbek
(noun) the capital of Uzbekistan
Source: WordNet® 3.1
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.