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The law didn't bind females to the land, as it did males. Boundaries between prefectures, protectorates or Empires didn't limit the Matriarchies. Neither did political, fiscal or ethnic divisions. The only restriction was gender. Of course, land was the real foundation of wealth, agrarian production the primary source. While women controlled breeding, men controlled the land. Even the lowly artisan class produced their wares from raw materials extracted from land. Men's control of the land didn't mean that women had no access to money. The woman in most households managed the finances, money too insignificant to merit an honorable warrior's concern.—Social and Political Customs before the Fall, by Shriveling Stalk.
A day after the funeral, near sunset, Flaming Arrow and Rippling Water
