I read that in ancient Egypt, women who weren't slaves had more rights that women in some modern day societies.

Also, the article said that if a couple divorced, the woman was entitled to half of the couple's assets.

I wonder to what extent lawyers were involved back then?

Interesting question and I was curious. Found this:

http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/ad...ation/law.html

So there were basically no judges and no lawyers ...any official could make the ruling or decision. Wonder if there was graft back then? LOL.

Seems like women could enjoy quite a bit of power back then. I wonder what percentage of the female population wasn't enslaved, though. I have a feeling that female power may have been related to elite status. Hmmm.

I would agree that it probably had alot to do with your status in the community. Very interesting read by the way.

Thanks for posting the link. I notice it has other interesting pages linked to it, too. There's an interesting area that deals with timelines there.